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#F8816E

#f8816e ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#f8816e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.25% red, 50.59% green and 43.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 47.98% magenta, 55.65% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 8.26°, with 90.79% saturation and 70.2% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 1.55.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3678

Complementary

  1. #f8816e
  2. #6ee5f8

Split complementary

  1. #f8816e
  2. #6ef8c6
  3. #6ea0f8

Analogous

  1. #f86ea0
  2. #f8816e
  3. #f8c66e

Triadic

  1. #f8816e
  2. #6ef881
  3. #816ef8

Tetradic

  1. #f8816e
  2. #e5f86e
  3. #6ee5f8
  4. #816ef8

Square

  1. #f8816e
  2. #a0f86e
  3. #6ee5f8
  4. #c66ef8

Monochromatic

  1. #c42309
  2. #f44225
  3. #f8816e
  4. #fcc0b7
  5. #feeeec

Shades

#f8816e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f8816e
  2. #df7463
  3. #c66758
  4. #ae5a4d
  5. #954d42
  6. #7c4137
  7. #63342c
  8. #4a2721
  9. #321a16
  10. #190d0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#f8816e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f8816e
  2. #f98e7d
  3. #f99a8b
  4. #faa79a
  5. #fbb3a8
  6. #fcc0b7
  7. #fccdc5
  8. #fdd9d4
  9. #fee6e2
  10. #fef2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f8816e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f8816e
  2. #ec8170
  3. #e08172
  4. #d48173
  5. #c88175
  6. #bc8177
  7. #b08079
  8. #a4807b
  9. #98807c
  10. #8c807e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cb9791 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e946c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbad6c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6d7d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c88d6d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d69d6d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff7677 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f8816e {
  color: #f8816e;
}
Background
.bg-f8816e {
  background-color: #f8816e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f8816e {
  border: 2px solid #f8816e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f8816e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 248 129 110;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 91% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f8816e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f8816e, #f8c66e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f8816e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(248 129 110 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 1.55 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 3.82 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 5.24 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 5.57 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 6.28 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 6.51 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 7.02 #077e91 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Salmon
#f8816e  rgb(248, 129, 110)  hsl(8, 91%, 70%)  Salmon
#6ee5f8  rgb(110, 229, 248)  hsl(188, 91%, 70%)  Electric Blue
#6ef881  rgb(110, 248, 129)  hsl(128, 91%, 70%)  Spring Green
#816ef8  rgb(129, 110, 248)  hsl(248, 91%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue