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#FA8066

#fa8066 ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa8066 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 50.2% green and 40% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.8% magenta, 59.2% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 10.54°, with 93.67% saturation and 69.02% 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 8.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 3.61.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3672

Complementary

  1. #fa8066
  2. #66e0fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa8066
  2. #66faca
  3. #6696fa

Analogous

  1. #fa6696
  2. #fa8066
  3. #faca66

Triadic

  1. #fa8066
  2. #66fa80
  3. #8066fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa8066
  2. #e0fa66
  3. #66e0fa
  4. #8066fa

Square

  1. #fa8066
  2. #96fa66
  3. #66e0fa
  4. #ca66fa

Monochromatic

  1. #c12706
  2. #f8431c
  3. #fa8066
  4. #fcbdb0
  5. #feefeb

Shades

#fa8066 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa8066
  2. #e1735c
  3. #c86652
  4. #af5a47
  5. #964d3d
  6. #7d4033
  7. #643329
  8. #4b261f
  9. #321a14
  10. #190d0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa8066 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa8066
  2. #fb8d75
  3. #fb9985
  4. #fca694
  5. #fcb3a3
  6. #fdc0b3
  7. #fdccc2
  8. #fed9d1
  9. #fee6e0
  10. #fff2f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa8066 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa8066
  2. #ee8069
  3. #e2806b
  4. #d5806e
  5. #c98070
  6. #bd8073
  7. #b18076
  8. #a58078
  9. #98807b
  10. #8c807d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cc968f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f9363 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdad64 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6b7a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ca8c64 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d89d65 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff7472 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa8066 {
  color: #fa8066;
}
Background
.bg-fa8066 {
  background-color: #fa8066;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa8066 {
  border: 2px solid #fa8066;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa8066;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 128 102;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 94% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa8066 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa8066, #faca66);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa8066 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 128 102 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 3.61 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 4.06 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 5.10 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 5.39 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 5.54 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 5.97 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 6.17 #057f99 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Salmon
#fa8066  rgb(250, 128, 102)  hsl(11, 94%, 69%)  Salmon
#66e0fa  rgb(102, 224, 250)  hsl(191, 94%, 69%)  Sky Blue
#66fa80  rgb(102, 250, 128)  hsl(131, 94%, 69%)  Spring Green
#8066fa  rgb(128, 102, 250)  hsl(251, 94%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue