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#FA956A

#fa956a ≈ Light Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa956a is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 58.43% green and 41.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 40.4% magenta, 57.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 17.92°, with 93.51% saturation and 69.8% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons and food and restaurant brands. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Salmon (#ffa07a), ΔE 2.92.

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Relative luminance0.4286

Complementary

  1. #fa956a
  2. #6acffa

Split complementary

  1. #fa956a
  2. #6afadd
  3. #6a87fa

Analogous

  1. #fa6a87
  2. #fa956a
  3. #fadd6a

Triadic

  1. #fa956a
  2. #6afa95
  3. #956afa

Tetradic

  1. #fa956a
  2. #cffa6a
  3. #6acffa
  4. #956afa

Square

  1. #fa956a
  2. #87fa6a
  3. #6acffa
  4. #dd6afa

Monochromatic

  1. #c43f07
  2. #f86020
  3. #fa956a
  4. #fccab4
  5. #fef1eb

Shades

#fa956a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa956a
  2. #e1865f
  3. #c87755
  4. #af684a
  5. #965940
  6. #7d4b35
  7. #643c2a
  8. #4b2d20
  9. #321e15
  10. #190f0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa956a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa956a
  2. #fba079
  3. #fbaa88
  4. #fcb597
  5. #fcbfa6
  6. #fdcab5
  7. #fdd5c3
  8. #fedfd2
  9. #feeae1
  10. #fff4f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa956a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa956a
  2. #ee936c
  3. #e2916e
  4. #d58f71
  5. #c98d73
  6. #bd8b75
  7. #b18877
  8. #a58679
  9. #98847c
  10. #8c827e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1a598 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0a266 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b869 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff838a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d29d68 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #deab69 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff8a7f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa956a {
  color: #fa956a;
}
Background
.bg-fa956a {
  background-color: #fa956a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa956a {
  border: 2px solid #fa956a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa956a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 149 106;
  --color-primary-hsl: 18 94% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa956a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa956a, #fadd6a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa956a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 149 106 / 0.35);
}

#ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 2.92 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.74 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 5.30 #ff8243 Mango Tango ΔE 5.89 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 6.55 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 7.86 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 8.58 #056a95 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Light Salmon
#fa956a  rgb(250, 149, 106)  hsl(18, 94%, 70%)  Light Salmon
#6acffa  rgb(106, 207, 250)  hsl(198, 94%, 70%)  Baby Blue
#6afa95  rgb(106, 250, 149)  hsl(138, 94%, 70%)  Medium Spring Green
#956afa  rgb(149, 106, 250)  hsl(258, 94%, 70%)  Medium Purple