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#FC7E73

#fc7e73 ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fc7e73 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 49.41% green and 45.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 54.37% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 4.82°, with 95.8% saturation and 71.96% 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 8.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 0.96.

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Relative luminance0.3685

Complementary

  1. #fc7e73
  2. #73f1fc

Split complementary

  1. #fc7e73
  2. #73fcc3
  3. #73acfc

Analogous

  1. #fc73ac
  2. #fc7e73
  3. #fcc373

Triadic

  1. #fc7e73
  2. #73fc7e
  3. #7e73fc

Tetradic

  1. #fc7e73
  2. #f1fc73
  3. #73f1fc
  4. #7e73fc

Square

  1. #fc7e73
  2. #acfc73
  3. #73f1fc
  4. #c373fc

Monochromatic

  1. #d21504
  2. #fa3928
  3. #fc7e73
  4. #fec3be
  5. #ffedeb

Shades

#fc7e73 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fc7e73
  2. #e37168
  3. #ca655c
  4. #b05851
  5. #974c45
  6. #7e3f3a
  7. #65322e
  8. #4c2623
  9. #321917
  10. #190d0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#fc7e73 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fc7e73
  2. #fc8b81
  3. #fd988f
  4. #fda59d
  5. #fdb2ab
  6. #febfb9
  7. #fecbc7
  8. #fed8d5
  9. #fee5e3
  10. #fff2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fc7e73 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fc7e73
  2. #f07e74
  3. #e37e76
  4. #d77f77
  5. #ca7f78
  6. #be7f7a
  7. #b27f7b
  8. #a57f7c
  9. #99807d
  10. #8c807f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cd9693 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9c9371 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbae70 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6a7c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ca8b72 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d89d72 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff7278 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fc7e73 {
  color: #fc7e73;
}
Background
.bg-fc7e73 {
  background-color: #fc7e73;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fc7e73 {
  border: 2px solid #fc7e73;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fc7e73;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 126 115;
  --color-primary-hsl: 5 96% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fc7e73 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fc7e73, #fcc373);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fc7e73 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 126 115 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 0.96 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 4.00 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 4.20 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 4.40 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 6.78 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 8.04 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 8.37 #03818c Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Salmon
#fc7e73  rgb(252, 126, 115)  hsl(5, 96%, 72%)  Salmon
#73f1fc  rgb(115, 241, 252)  hsl(185, 96%, 72%)  Electric Blue
#73fc7e  rgb(115, 252, 126)  hsl(125, 96%, 72%)  Mint Green
#7e73fc  rgb(126, 115, 252)  hsl(245, 96%, 72%)  Medium Slate Blue