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#FA816E

#fa816e ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa816e 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 43.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.4% magenta, 56% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 8.14°, 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 8.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 1.51.

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Relative luminance0.3715

Complementary

  1. #fa816e
  2. #6ee7fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa816e
  2. #6efac7
  3. #6ea1fa

Analogous

  1. #fa6ea1
  2. #fa816e
  3. #fac76e

Triadic

  1. #fa816e
  2. #6efa81
  3. #816efa

Tetradic

  1. #fa816e
  2. #e7fa6e
  3. #6ee7fa
  4. #816efa

Square

  1. #fa816e
  2. #a1fa6e
  3. #6ee7fa
  4. #c76efa

Monochromatic

  1. #c82107
  2. #f74124
  3. #fa816e
  4. #fdc1b8
  5. #feeeeb

Shades

#fa816e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa816e
  2. #e17463
  3. #c86758
  4. #af5a4d
  5. #964d42
  6. #7d4137
  7. #64342c
  8. #4b2721
  9. #321a16
  10. #190d0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa816e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa816e
  2. #fb8e7d
  3. #fb9a8b
  4. #fca79a
  5. #fcb3a8
  6. #fdc0b7
  7. #fdcdc5
  8. #fed9d4
  9. #fee6e2
  10. #fff2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa816e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa816e
  2. #ee8170
  3. #e28172
  4. #d58173
  5. #c98175
  6. #bd8177
  7. #b18079
  8. #a5807b
  9. #98807c
  10. #8c807e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cc9791 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f946c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcae6c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6d7d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ca8d6d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d89e6d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff7577 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa816e {
  color: #fa816e;
}
Background
.bg-fa816e {
  background-color: #fa816e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa816e {
  border: 2px solid #fa816e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa816e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 129 110;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 93% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa816e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa816e, #fac76e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa816e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 129 110 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 1.51 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 3.76 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 5.20 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 5.81 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 6.37 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 6.67 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 7.00 #057e91 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Salmon
#fa816e  rgb(250, 129, 110)  hsl(8, 93%, 71%)  Salmon
#6ee7fa  rgb(110, 231, 250)  hsl(188, 93%, 71%)  Electric Blue
#6efa81  rgb(110, 250, 129)  hsl(128, 93%, 71%)  Spring Green
#816efa  rgb(129, 110, 250)  hsl(248, 93%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue