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#FA8169

#fa8169 ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa8169 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 50.59% green and 41.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.4% magenta, 58% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 9.93°, with 93.55% saturation and 69.61% 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 8.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 3.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3704

Complementary

  1. #fa8169
  2. #69e2fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa8169
  2. #69faca
  3. #699afa

Analogous

  1. #fa699a
  2. #fa8169
  3. #faca69

Triadic

  1. #fa8169
  2. #69fa81
  3. #8169fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa8169
  2. #e2fa69
  3. #69e2fa
  4. #8169fa

Square

  1. #fa8169
  2. #9afa69
  3. #69e2fa
  4. #ca69fa

Monochromatic

  1. #c32607
  2. #f8431f
  3. #fa8169
  4. #fcbfb3
  5. #feeeeb

Shades

#fa8169 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa8169
  2. #e1745f
  3. #c86754
  4. #af5a4a
  5. #964d3f
  6. #7d4135
  7. #64342a
  8. #4b2720
  9. #321a15
  10. #190d0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa8169 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa8169
  2. #fb8e78
  3. #fb9a87
  4. #fca796
  5. #fcb3a5
  6. #fdc0b4
  7. #fdcdc3
  8. #fed9d2
  9. #fee6e1
  10. #fff2f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa8169 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa8169
  2. #ee816b
  3. #e2816e
  4. #d58170
  5. #c98172
  6. #bd8175
  7. #b18077
  8. #a58079
  9. #98807b
  10. #8c807e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cc9790 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f9467 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdae67 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6c7b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ca8d68 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d89e68 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff7574 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa8169 {
  color: #fa8169;
}
Background
.bg-fa8169 {
  background-color: #fa8169;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa8169 {
  border: 2px solid #fa8169;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa8169;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 129 105;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 94% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa8169 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa8169, #faca69);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa8169 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 129 105 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 3.00 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 4.00 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 5.53 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 5.60 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 5.95 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 6.14 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 6.35 #057e96 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Salmon
#fa8169  rgb(250, 129, 105)  hsl(10, 94%, 70%)  Salmon
#69e2fa  rgb(105, 226, 250)  hsl(190, 94%, 70%)  Non-Photo Blue
#69fa81  rgb(105, 250, 129)  hsl(130, 94%, 70%)  Spring Green
#8169fa  rgb(129, 105, 250)  hsl(250, 94%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue