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#FA6E72

#fa6e72 ≈ Light Coral

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa6e72 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 43.14% green and 44.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 56% magenta, 54.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 358.29°, with 93.33% saturation and 70.59% 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 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 4.03.

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Relative luminance0.3269

Complementary

  1. #fa6e72
  2. #6efaf6

Split complementary

  1. #fa6e72
  2. #6efab0
  3. #6eb8fa

Analogous

  1. #fa6eb8
  2. #fa6e72
  3. #fab06e

Triadic

  1. #fa6e72
  2. #72fa6e
  3. #6e72fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa6e72
  2. #faf66e
  3. #6efaf6
  4. #6e72fa

Square

  1. #fa6e72
  2. #b8fa6e
  3. #6efaf6
  4. #b06efa

Monochromatic

  1. #c8070c
  2. #f7242a
  3. #fa6e72
  4. #fdb8ba
  5. #feebec

Shades

#fa6e72 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa6e72
  2. #e16367
  3. #c8585b
  4. #af4d50
  5. #964244
  6. #7d3739
  7. #642c2e
  8. #4b2122
  9. #321617
  10. #190b0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa6e72 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa6e72
  2. #fb7d80
  3. #fb8b8e
  4. #fc9a9c
  5. #fca8aa
  6. #fdb7b9
  7. #fdc5c7
  8. #fed4d5
  9. #fee2e3
  10. #fff1f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa6e72 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa6e72
  2. #ee7073
  3. #e27275
  4. #d57376
  5. #c97578
  6. #bd7779
  7. #b1797a
  8. #a57b7c
  9. #987c7d
  10. #8c7e7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c88b8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f8971 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a66f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff5770 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c37f72 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d39370 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff6171 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa6e72 {
  color: #fa6e72;
}
Background
.bg-fa6e72 {
  background-color: #fa6e72;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa6e72 {
  border: 2px solid #fa6e72;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa6e72;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 110 114;
  --color-primary-hsl: 358 93% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa6e72 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa6e72, #fab06e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa6e72 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 110 114 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 4.03 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 4.24 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 5.66 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.19 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 7.49 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 8.61 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 9.84 #05918d Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Light Coral
#fa6e72  rgb(250, 110, 114)  hsl(358, 93%, 71%)  Light Coral
#6efaf6  rgb(110, 250, 246)  hsl(178, 93%, 71%)  Aqua
#72fa6e  rgb(114, 250, 110)  hsl(118, 93%, 71%)  Spring Green
#6e72fa  rgb(110, 114, 250)  hsl(238, 93%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue