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#FA7E6D

#fa7e6d ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa7e6d is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 49.41% green and 42.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 49.6% magenta, 56.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 7.23°, with 93.38% saturation and 70.39% 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 8.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 1.09.

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Relative luminance0.3635

Complementary

  1. #fa7e6d
  2. #6de9fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa7e6d
  2. #6dfac4
  3. #6da3fa

Analogous

  1. #fa6da3
  2. #fa7e6d
  3. #fac46d

Triadic

  1. #fa7e6d
  2. #6dfa7e
  3. #7e6dfa

Tetradic

  1. #fa7e6d
  2. #e9fa6d
  3. #6de9fa
  4. #7e6dfa

Square

  1. #fa7e6d
  2. #a3fa6d
  3. #6de9fa
  4. #c46dfa

Monochromatic

  1. #c71e07
  2. #f73d23
  3. #fa7e6d
  4. #fdbfb7
  5. #feeeeb

Shades

#fa7e6d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa7e6d
  2. #e17162
  3. #c86557
  4. #af584c
  5. #964c41
  6. #7d3f37
  7. #64322c
  8. #4b2621
  9. #321916
  10. #190d0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa7e6d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa7e6d
  2. #fb8b7c
  3. #fb988a
  4. #fca599
  5. #fcb2a7
  6. #fdbfb6
  7. #fdcbc5
  8. #fed8d3
  9. #fee5e2
  10. #fff2f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa7e6d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa7e6d
  2. #ee7e6f
  3. #e27e71
  4. #d57f73
  5. #c97f75
  6. #bd7f77
  7. #b17f78
  8. #a57f7a
  9. #98807c
  10. #8c807e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cb9590 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9c926b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbad6b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff697a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c98b6c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d79c6c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff7275 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa7e6d {
  color: #fa7e6d;
}
Background
.bg-fa7e6d {
  background-color: #fa7e6d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa7e6d {
  border: 2px solid #fa7e6d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa7e6d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 126 109;
  --color-primary-hsl: 7 93% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa7e6d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa7e6d, #fac46d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa7e6d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 126 109 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 1.09 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 3.18 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 4.41 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 5.61 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 5.92 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 6.76 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 6.83 #058192 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Salmon
#fa7e6d  rgb(250, 126, 109)  hsl(7, 93%, 70%)  Salmon
#6de9fa  rgb(109, 233, 250)  hsl(187, 93%, 70%)  Electric Blue
#6dfa7e  rgb(109, 250, 126)  hsl(127, 93%, 70%)  Spring Green
#7e6dfa  rgb(126, 109, 250)  hsl(247, 93%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue