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#FA846A

#fa846a ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa846a is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 51.76% green and 41.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 47.2% magenta, 57.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 10.83°, with 93.51% saturation and 69.8% 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 8.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 3.64.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.3787

Complementary

  1. #fa846a
  2. #6ae0fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa846a
  2. #6afacc
  3. #6a98fa

Analogous

  1. #fa6a98
  2. #fa846a
  3. #facc6a

Triadic

  1. #fa846a
  2. #6afa84
  3. #846afa

Tetradic

  1. #fa846a
  2. #e0fa6a
  3. #6ae0fa
  4. #846afa

Square

  1. #fa846a
  2. #98fa6a
  3. #6ae0fa
  4. #cc6afa

Monochromatic

  1. #c42907
  2. #f84720
  3. #fa846a
  4. #fcc1b4
  5. #feefeb

Shades

#fa846a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa846a
  2. #e1775f
  3. #c86a55
  4. #af5c4a
  5. #964f40
  6. #7d4235
  7. #64352a
  8. #4b2820
  9. #321a15
  10. #190d0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa846a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa846a
  2. #fb9079
  3. #fb9d88
  4. #fca997
  5. #fcb5a6
  6. #fdc2b5
  7. #fdcec3
  8. #fedad2
  9. #fee6e1
  10. #fff3f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa846a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa846a
  2. #ee846c
  3. #e2836e
  4. #d58371
  5. #c98273
  6. #bd8275
  7. #b18277
  8. #a58179
  9. #98817c
  10. #8c807e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cd9991 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a29667 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beaf68 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff707e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cb8f68 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9a069 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff7876 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa846a {
  color: #fa846a;
}
Background
.bg-fa846a {
  background-color: #fa846a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa846a {
  border: 2px solid #fa846a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa846a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 132 106;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 94% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa846a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa846a, #facc6a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa846a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 132 106 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 3.64 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 4.83 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 5.66 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 5.67 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 5.97 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 5.99 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 6.61 #057b95 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Salmon
#fa846a  rgb(250, 132, 106)  hsl(11, 94%, 70%)  Salmon
#6ae0fa  rgb(106, 224, 250)  hsl(191, 94%, 70%)  Sky Blue
#6afa84  rgb(106, 250, 132)  hsl(131, 94%, 70%)  Spring Green
#846afa  rgb(132, 106, 250)  hsl(251, 94%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue