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#fa8072 Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
  • salmon
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#fa8072 (Salmon) 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 44.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.8% magenta, 54.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 6.18°, with 93.15% saturation and 71.37% 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 8.4:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Relative luminance0.3698

Complementary

  1. #fa8072
  2. #72ecfa

Split complementary

  1. #fa8072
  2. #72fac4
  3. #72a8fa

Analogous

  1. #fa72a8
  2. #fa8072
  3. #fac472

Triadic

  1. #fa8072
  2. #72fa80
  3. #8072fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa8072
  2. #ecfa72
  3. #72ecfa
  4. #8072fa

Square

  1. #fa8072
  2. #a8fa72
  3. #72ecfa
  4. #c472fa

Monochromatic

  1. #cc1b07
  2. #f73d28
  3. #fa8072
  4. #fdc3bc
  5. #feedeb

Shades

#fa8072 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa8072
  2. #e17367
  3. #c8665b
  4. #af5a50
  5. #964d44
  6. #7d4039
  7. #64332e
  8. #4b2622
  9. #321a17
  10. #190d0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa8072 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa8072
  2. #fb8d80
  3. #fb998e
  4. #fca69c
  5. #fcb3aa
  6. #fdc0b9
  7. #fdccc7
  8. #fed9d5
  9. #fee6e3
  10. #fff2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa8072 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa8072
  2. #ee8073
  3. #e28075
  4. #d58076
  5. #c98078
  6. #bd8079
  7. #b1807a
  8. #a5807c
  9. #98807d
  10. #8c807f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cc9792 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9d9470 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbae70 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6c7d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c98c71 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d79d71 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff7579 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa8072 {
  color: #fa8072;
}
Background
.bg-fa8072 {
  background-color: #fa8072;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa8072 {
  border: 2px solid #fa8072;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa8072;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 128 114;
  --color-primary-hsl: 6 93% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa8072 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa8072, #fac472);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa8072 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 128 114 / 0.35);
}

#fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 3.93 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 4.63 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 4.96 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 6.31 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 7.74 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 7.74 #057f8d Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Salmon
#fa8072  rgb(250, 128, 114)  hsl(6, 93%, 71%)  Salmon
#72ecfa  rgb(114, 236, 250)  hsl(186, 93%, 71%)  Electric Blue
#72fa80  rgb(114, 250, 128)  hsl(126, 93%, 71%)  Mint Green
#8072fa  rgb(128, 114, 250)  hsl(246, 93%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue