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#FA956D

#fa956d ≈ Light Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa956d 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 42.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 40.4% magenta, 56.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 17.02°, with 93.38% saturation and 70.39% 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 9.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Salmon (#ffa07a), ΔE 2.68.

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Relative luminance0.4292

Complementary

  1. #fa956d
  2. #6dd2fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa956d
  2. #6dfadb
  3. #6d8bfa

Analogous

  1. #fa6d8b
  2. #fa956d
  3. #fadb6d

Triadic

  1. #fa956d
  2. #6dfa95
  3. #956dfa

Tetradic

  1. #fa956d
  2. #d2fa6d
  3. #6dd2fa
  4. #956dfa

Square

  1. #fa956d
  2. #8bfa6d
  3. #6dd2fa
  4. #db6dfa

Monochromatic

  1. #c73d07
  2. #f75f23
  3. #fa956d
  4. #fdcbb7
  5. #fef1eb

Shades

#fa956d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa956d
  2. #e18662
  3. #c87757
  4. #af684c
  5. #965941
  6. #7d4b37
  7. #643c2c
  8. #4b2d21
  9. #321e16
  10. #190f0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa956d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa956d
  2. #fba07c
  3. #fbaa8a
  4. #fcb599
  5. #fcbfa7
  6. #fdcab6
  7. #fdd5c5
  8. #fedfd3
  9. #feeae2
  10. #fff4f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa956d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa956d
  2. #ee936f
  3. #e29171
  4. #d58f73
  5. #c98d75
  6. #bd8b77
  7. #b18878
  8. #a5867a
  9. #98847c
  10. #8c827e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1a599 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afa26a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b86c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff838b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d19d6b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #deab6c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff8b80 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa956d {
  color: #fa956d;
}
Background
.bg-fa956d {
  background-color: #fa956d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa956d {
  border: 2px solid #fa956d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa956d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 149 109;
  --color-primary-hsl: 17 93% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa956d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa956d, #fadb6d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa956d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 149 109 / 0.35);
}

#ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 2.68 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.17 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 5.36 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 5.80 #ff8243 Mango Tango ΔE 6.45 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 8.29 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 8.38 #056a92 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Light Salmon
#fa956d  rgb(250, 149, 109)  hsl(17, 93%, 70%)  Light Salmon
#6dd2fa  rgb(109, 210, 250)  hsl(197, 93%, 70%)  Baby Blue
#6dfa95  rgb(109, 250, 149)  hsl(137, 93%, 70%)  Pale Green
#956dfa  rgb(149, 109, 250)  hsl(257, 93%, 70%)  Medium Purple