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#faae8a ≈ Light Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#faae8a is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 68.24% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.4% magenta, 44.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 19.29°, with 91.8% saturation and 76.08% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Salmon (#ffa07a), ΔE 4.13.

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Relative luminance0.5243

Complementary

  1. #faae8a
  2. #8ad6fa

Split complementary

  1. #faae8a
  2. #8afae6
  3. #8a9efa

Analogous

  1. #fa8a9e
  2. #faae8a
  3. #fae68a

Triadic

  1. #faae8a
  2. #8afaae
  3. #ae8afa

Tetradic

  1. #faae8a
  2. #d6fa8a
  3. #8ad6fa
  4. #ae8afa

Square

  1. #faae8a
  2. #9efa8a
  3. #8ad6fa
  4. #e68afa

Monochromatic

  1. #e14f0a
  2. #f77b41
  3. #faae8a
  4. #fde1d3
  5. #fef1eb

Shades

#faae8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faae8a
  2. #e19d7c
  3. #c88b6e
  4. #af7a61
  5. #966853
  6. #7d5745
  7. #644637
  8. #4b3429
  9. #32231c
  10. #19110e
  11. #000000

Tints

#faae8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faae8a
  2. #fbb696
  3. #fbbea1
  4. #fcc6ad
  5. #fcceb9
  6. #fdd7c5
  7. #fddfd0
  8. #fee7dc
  9. #feefe8
  10. #fff7f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faae8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faae8a
  2. #eea989
  3. #e2a588
  4. #d5a087
  5. #c99c86
  6. #bd9785
  7. #b19284
  8. #a58e83
  9. #988982
  10. #8c8581
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9b9ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2b687 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4c68a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa1a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbb388 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4bd8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffa69b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faae8a {
  color: #faae8a;
}
Background
.bg-faae8a {
  background-color: #faae8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faae8a {
  border: 2px solid #faae8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faae8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 174 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 19 92% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faae8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faae8a, #fae68a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faae8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 174 138 / 0.35);
}

#ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 4.13 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 5.93 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 6.51 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 6.63 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 8.65 #ebc2af Zinnwaldite ΔE 8.80 #fbceb1 Apricot ΔE 9.13 #055175 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Light Salmon
#faae8a  rgb(250, 174, 138)  hsl(19, 92%, 76%)  Light Salmon
#8ad6fa  rgb(138, 214, 250)  hsl(199, 92%, 76%)  Baby Blue
#8afaae  rgb(138, 250, 174)  hsl(139, 92%, 76%)  Pale Green
#ae8afa  rgb(174, 138, 250)  hsl(259, 92%, 76%)  Floral Lavender