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#FD8A6F

#fd8a6f ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fd8a6f is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.22% red, 54.12% green and 43.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 45.45% magenta, 56.13% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 11.41°, with 97.26% saturation and 71.37% 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 9.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 4.35.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.4021

Complementary

  1. #fd8a6f
  2. #6fe2fd

Split complementary

  1. #fd8a6f
  2. #6ffdd1
  3. #6f9bfd

Analogous

  1. #fd6f9b
  2. #fd8a6f
  3. #fdd16f

Triadic

  1. #fd8a6f
  2. #6ffd8a
  3. #8a6ffd

Tetradic

  1. #fd8a6f
  2. #e2fd6f
  3. #6fe2fd
  4. #8a6ffd

Square

  1. #fd8a6f
  2. #9bfd6f
  3. #6fe2fd
  4. #d16ffd

Monochromatic

  1. #d02a03
  2. #fc4d24
  3. #fd8a6f
  4. #fec7ba
  5. #ffefeb

Shades

#fd8a6f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fd8a6f
  2. #e47c64
  3. #ca6e59
  4. #b1614e
  5. #985343
  6. #7f4538
  7. #65372c
  8. #4c2921
  9. #331c16
  10. #190e0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#fd8a6f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fd8a6f
  2. #fd967d
  3. #fda18c
  4. #fead9a
  5. #feb9a9
  6. #fec5b7
  7. #fed0c5
  8. #fedcd4
  9. #ffe8e2
  10. #fff3f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fd8a6f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fd8a6f
  2. #f18971
  3. #e48872
  4. #d88774
  5. #cb8676
  6. #bf8578
  7. #b28479
  8. #a6837b
  9. #99827d
  10. #8d817e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d09e96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79b6c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3b36d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7783 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cf956d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dca56e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff7f7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fd8a6f {
  color: #fd8a6f;
}
Background
.bg-fd8a6f {
  background-color: #fd8a6f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fd8a6f {
  border: 2px solid #fd8a6f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fd8a6f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 253 138 111;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 97% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fd8a6f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fd8a6f, #fdd16f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fd8a6f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(253 138 111 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.35 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 5.23 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 5.30 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 5.81 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.12 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 6.39 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 6.77 #027590 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Salmon
#fd8a6f  rgb(253, 138, 111)  hsl(11, 97%, 71%)  Salmon
#6fe2fd  rgb(111, 226, 253)  hsl(191, 97%, 71%)  Sky Blue
#6ffd8a  rgb(111, 253, 138)  hsl(131, 97%, 71%)  Mint Green
#8a6ffd  rgb(138, 111, 253)  hsl(251, 97%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue