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#FAA37E

#faa37e ≈ Light Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#faa37e is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 63.92% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 34.8% magenta, 49.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 17.9°, with 92.54% saturation and 73.73% 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 10.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Salmon (#ffa07a), ΔE 1.39.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.4802

Complementary

  1. #faa37e
  2. #7ed5fa

Split complementary

  1. #faa37e
  2. #7efae1
  3. #7e97fa

Analogous

  1. #fa7e97
  2. #faa37e
  3. #fae17e

Triadic

  1. #faa37e
  2. #7efaa3
  3. #a37efa

Tetradic

  1. #faa37e
  2. #d5fa7e
  3. #7ed5fa
  4. #a37efa

Square

  1. #faa37e
  2. #97fa7e
  3. #7ed5fa
  4. #e17efa

Monochromatic

  1. #d74608
  2. #f76e34
  3. #faa37e
  4. #fdd8c8
  5. #fef1eb

Shades

#faa37e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faa37e
  2. #e19371
  3. #c88265
  4. #af7258
  5. #96624c
  6. #7d523f
  7. #644132
  8. #4b3126
  9. #322119
  10. #19100d
  11. #000000

Tints

#faa37e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faa37e
  2. #fbac8b
  3. #fbb598
  4. #fcbfa5
  5. #fcc8b2
  6. #fdd1bf
  7. #fddacb
  8. #fee3d8
  9. #feede5
  10. #fff6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faa37e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faa37e
  2. #eea07e
  3. #e29c7e
  4. #d5997f
  5. #c9957f
  6. #bd927f
  7. #b18e7f
  8. #a58b7f
  9. #988780
  10. #8c8480
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6b0a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baad7b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cebf7d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff949a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6a97c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1b57e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff9a8f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faa37e {
  color: #faa37e;
}
Background
.bg-faa37e {
  background-color: #faa37e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faa37e {
  border: 2px solid #faa37e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faa37e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 163 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 18 93% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faa37e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faa37e, #fae17e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faa37e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 163 126 / 0.35);
}

#ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 1.39 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.54 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 5.02 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 7.43 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 8.87 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 8.99 #ff8243 Mango Tango ΔE 9.36 #055c81 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Light Salmon
#faa37e  rgb(250, 163, 126)  hsl(18, 93%, 74%)  Light Salmon
#7ed5fa  rgb(126, 213, 250)  hsl(198, 93%, 74%)  Baby Blue
#7efaa3  rgb(126, 250, 163)  hsl(138, 93%, 74%)  Pale Green
#a37efa  rgb(163, 126, 250)  hsl(258, 93%, 74%)  Medium Purple