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#fcae8b ≈ Light Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#fcae8b is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 68.24% green and 54.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.95% magenta, 44.84% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 18.58°, with 94.96% saturation and 76.67% 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 11.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Salmon (#ffa07a), ΔE 3.86.

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Relative luminance0.5283

Complementary

  1. #fcae8b
  2. #8bd9fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcae8b
  2. #8bfce6
  3. #8ba1fc

Analogous

  1. #fc8ba1
  2. #fcae8b
  3. #fce68b

Triadic

  1. #fcae8b
  2. #8bfcae
  3. #ae8bfc

Tetradic

  1. #fcae8b
  2. #d9fc8b
  3. #8bd9fc
  4. #ae8bfc

Square

  1. #fcae8b
  2. #a1fc8b
  3. #8bd9fc
  4. #e68bfc

Monochromatic

  1. #e84c06
  2. #fa7a40
  3. #fcae8b
  4. #fee2d6
  5. #fef1eb

Shades

#fcae8b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcae8b
  2. #e39d7d
  3. #ca8b6f
  4. #b07a61
  5. #976853
  6. #7e5746
  7. #654638
  8. #4c342a
  9. #32231c
  10. #19110e
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcae8b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcae8b
  2. #fcb697
  3. #fdbea2
  4. #fdc6ae
  5. #fdceb9
  6. #fed7c5
  7. #fedfd1
  8. #fee7dc
  9. #feefe8
  10. #fff7f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcae8b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcae8b
  2. #f0a98a
  3. #e3a589
  4. #d7a088
  5. #ca9c87
  6. #be9786
  7. #b29284
  8. #a58e83
  9. #998982
  10. #8c8581
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbb9ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2b688 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5c78b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa1a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcb389 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5bd8b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffa69b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcae8b {
  color: #fcae8b;
}
Background
.bg-fcae8b {
  background-color: #fcae8b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcae8b {
  border: 2px solid #fcae8b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcae8b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 174 139;
  --color-primary-hsl: 19 95% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcae8b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcae8b, #fce68b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcae8b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 174 139 / 0.35);
}

#ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 3.86 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 6.00 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 6.45 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 6.50 #ebc2af Zinnwaldite ΔE 8.93 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 9.16 #fbceb1 Apricot ΔE 9.34 #035174 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Light Salmon
#fcae8b  rgb(252, 174, 139)  hsl(19, 95%, 77%)  Light Salmon
#8bd9fc  rgb(139, 217, 252)  hsl(199, 95%, 77%)  Baby Blue
#8bfcae  rgb(139, 252, 174)  hsl(139, 95%, 77%)  Pale Green
#ae8bfc  rgb(174, 139, 252)  hsl(259, 95%, 77%)  Floral Lavender