What is the hex code for terracotta?

Terracotta is #E2725B. In RGB that is 226, 114, 91, and in HSL it is 10 degrees, 70 percent saturation, 62 percent lightness.

What is the CMYK value of terracotta?

#E2725B converts to CMYK 0, 50, 60, 11. CMYK is a print space, so a screen can only ever approximate how it will actually be inked.

Is terracotta a standard color?

No. There is no standards body defining terracotta, so different sources give slightly different values. #E2725B is the value in common use, and it is what every code and swatch on this page is built from.

Terracotta

#E2725B

Terracotta is commonly given as the hex color #E2725B, with RGB values 226, 114, 91. It is not a CSS keyword, so the value is a widely used convention rather than a standard.

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#E2725Brgb(226, 114, 91) · hsl(10, 70%, 62%)

Hue10°

Brightness100%

Terracotta color codes

Every value for #E2725B, ready to paste. Click any code to copy it.

Channel values for #E2725B in each number base
Channel	Decimal	Share	Hex	Octal	Binary
Red	226	88.63%	E2	342	11100010
Green	114	44.71%	72	162	01110010
Blue	91	35.69%	5B	133	01011011

The nearest web-safe color is #CC6666, from the 216-color palette browsers agreed on before displays could be trusted with more.

About terracotta

Italian for baked earth, and the color of fired clay before any glaze. The hue comes from iron in the clay itself rather than from any added pigment.

Shades, tints and tones

Every step is generated from #E2725B. Click a swatch to copy its hex.

Shades of terracotta

A shade is the base color with black mixed in. Shades read as deeper and more dramatic, and they are what you reach for when a color needs to recede or carry weight.

Tints of terracotta

A tint is the base color with white mixed in. Tints turn pastel as they lighten, which makes them useful for backgrounds and for anything that has to sit behind text.

Tones of terracotta

A tone is the base color with grey mixed in. Tones lose the shout without losing the hue, and they are usually what separates a considered palette from a loud one.

The terracotta scale

The same color as the 50 to 950 ladder every CSS framework uses, with #E2725B at 500. Click a step to copy its hex, or take the whole scale as variables for a design system.

Color schemes built on terracotta

Harmonies are positions on the color wheel rather than matters of taste, which is why they keep working across very different designs.

Complementary

Two colors from opposite sides of the wheel. They make each other look more vivid, which is why the pairing is used for anything that needs to stand out.

Analogous

Three neighbours on the wheel. Nothing competes, so the result reads calm and settled, closer to how colour behaves in nature.

Split complementary

The base plus the two colors either side of its complement. It keeps most of the contrast while being much easier to balance.

Triadic

Three colors spaced evenly around the wheel. Strong and lively, and usually best with one dominant color and two accents.

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs, forming a rectangle on the wheel. The richest scheme available, and the hardest to keep from shouting.

Monochromatic

One hue at different lightness levels. Effortlessly cohesive, and the safest way to build a palette around a brand color.

Colors close to #E2725B

Near neighbours, for when this color is almost right. Each one shifts hue, saturation or lightness by a small step.

Terracotta color palettes

Five-color palettes built around #E2725B, each following a different scheme. Click any swatch to copy it, or open the generator to build your own.

Analogous

Complementary

Triadic

Monochromatic

Open the palette generator to lock the colors you like and regenerate the rest.

Contrast and readability

Whether terracotta works as text, and what to put on top of it when it is the background. Ratios follow WCAG 2.1, where 4.5 is the bar for body text and 3 for large text.

Terracotta text on white background

3.09:1 · Large text only

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Terracotta text on black background

6.79:1 · Good

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Used the other way round, #E2725B as a background takes #000000 text. That is the higher-contrast of the two, and it is what the tool picks automatically for any chrome sitting on your color.

Terracotta reads better on a black background of the two. Contrast is a property of the pair, not of one color, so a color that fails here can still be perfectly usable against a different partner.

The orange family

Terracotta sits in the orange family. Every named orange in the library, with terracotta first.

Name	Hex	RGB	HSL
Terracotta is the color on this page	#E2725B	226, 114, 91	10, 70%, 62%
Orange is a CSS keyword	#FFA500	255, 165, 0	39, 100%, 50%
Coral is a CSS keyword	#FF7F50	255, 127, 80	16, 100%, 66%
Peach	#FFDAB9	255, 218, 185	28, 100%, 86%
Copper	#B87333	184, 115, 51	29, 57%, 46%
Bronze	#CD7F32	205, 127, 50	30, 61%, 50%
Apricot	#FBCEB1	251, 206, 177	24, 90%, 84%
Tangerine	#F28500	242, 133, 0	33, 100%, 47%
Rust	#B7410E	183, 65, 14	18, 86%, 39%
Amber	#FFBF00	255, 191, 0	45, 100%, 50%
Ochre	#CC7722	204, 119, 34	30, 71%, 47%
Peru is a CSS keyword	#CD853F	205, 133, 63	30, 59%, 53%