Terracotta Screen
A full-screen solid terracotta color (#E2725B). Fill your whole display, or download the terracotta screen as an image in 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K or any size you type in.
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What is a terracotta screen?
A terracotta screen is simply a web page filled edge to edge with one solid color — Terracotta, hex #E2725B, or rgb(226, 114, 91). It is a mid-toned, warm color: in HSL it sits at 10° hue, 70% saturation and 62% lightness, and its relative luminance is 29.0%. The closest standard CSS color is Light Coral (#F08080).
Terracotta screen at a glance
How a full-screen terracotta (#E2725B) behaves as a light, a test pattern and a background — measured from the color itself.
| Brightness | 29% of a white screen | A medium light level — comfortable as ambient light. |
|---|---|---|
| Blue light | very low (10% of its light) | Very little blue light, so it is gentle on your body clock at night. |
| Night use | Better for daytime | For a night light, turn the brightness down or choose a warmer screen such as red or orange. |
| Text on it | Black text · 6.8:1 | Readable for normal text (WCAG AA). |
| Display test | Mixed sub-pixel levels | Good for spotting uneven backlight, banding and tint across the panel. |
What people use a terracotta screen for
As a saturated color, terracotta makes a bold backdrop for product photos, thumbnails and streams, and a strong mood light for a desk or party.
Orange screens give a warm, sunset-like glow with almost no blue light, so they work well as a relaxed evening ambient light behind a desk or TV, as seasonal (autumn or Halloween) decoration, and as a high-visibility backdrop. Because orange sits between red and yellow, it also helps confirm that the red and green sub-pixels of a panel are both firing.
As a test pattern, a flat terracotta field makes a dead or stuck pixel jump out, and it exercises the red sub-pixel.
#E2725B) — this is also the preview image shown when you share the page.How to use the terracotta screen
The color is already set to Terracotta (#E2725B). Tap Open full screen, or the preview, to fill your whole display with terracotta; press Esc or tap again to exit. To keep a copy, pick a size — 1920 × 1080 for a desktop wallpaper, 1080 × 1920 for a phone or 3840 × 2160 for a 4K TV — and tap Download PNG or JPG. The file is created in your browser and saved as terracotta-screen-1920x1080.png, with no watermark. A flat terracotta image compresses to a few kilobytes even at 4K.
Every resolution, aspect ratio and device tip (phones, TVs, projectors, second monitors) is in the full color screen guide.
Terracotta screen color codes
The full-screen color and every download use exactly these values. Tap any row to copy it.
Contrast against white text 3.09:1 · against black text 6.79:1. See the full Terracotta color page for harmonies, shades and tints, or open it in the color picker.
Colors that go with a terracotta screen
Using two screens side by side, a split display or a terracotta wallpaper with accents? These named colors sit in harmony with Terracotta on the color wheel:
Build a full scheme from terracotta in the color matcher or the palette generator, or blend it into another color with the gradient creator for a gradient wallpaper.
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The colors people reach for most often as a full-screen background or light:
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Terracotta screen — FAQ
What is the hex code for a terracotta screen?
A terracotta screen uses the color Terracotta, hex #E2725B — rgb(226, 114, 91). The full-screen view and every download use exactly that value. The nearest standard CSS name is Light Coral (#F08080).
How do I make my whole screen terracotta?
Open this page and tap Open full screen (or tap the preview). Your browser fills the entire display with terracotta and hides its own toolbars; press Esc or tap the screen to come back. To keep it, download it in 1080p, 4K or any size as a free PNG or JPG — no sign-up or watermark.
How bright is a terracotta screen?
A terracotta screen gives off about 29% of the light of a white screen at the same brightness setting, a comfortable level for ambient light. About 10% of its light is blue (a white screen is 33%), which counts as very low blue light.
What color text is easiest to read on a terracotta screen?
Black text, with a contrast ratio of 6.8:1, which passes the WCAG guideline for normal text. Check any other pairing in the contrast checker.