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#FE8A6E

#fe8a6e ≈ Salmon

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fe8a6e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.61% red, 54.12% green and 43.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 45.67% magenta, 56.69% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 11.67°, with 98.63% 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 9.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon (#fa8072), ΔE 4.61.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.4037

Complementary

  1. #fe8a6e
  2. #6ee2fe

Split complementary

  1. #fe8a6e
  2. #6efed2
  3. #6e9afe

Analogous

  1. #fe6e9a
  2. #fe8a6e
  3. #fed26e

Triadic

  1. #fe8a6e
  2. #6efe8a
  3. #8a6efe

Tetradic

  1. #fe8a6e
  2. #e2fe6e
  3. #6ee2fe
  4. #8a6efe

Square

  1. #fe8a6e
  2. #9afe6e
  3. #6ee2fe
  4. #d26efe

Monochromatic

  1. #d22a01
  2. #fd4d22
  3. #fe8a6e
  4. #ffc7ba
  5. #ffefeb

Shades

#fe8a6e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fe8a6e
  2. #e57c63
  3. #cb6e58
  4. #b2614d
  5. #985342
  6. #7f4537
  7. #66372c
  8. #4c2921
  9. #331c16
  10. #190e0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#fe8a6e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fe8a6e
  2. #fe967d
  3. #fea18b
  4. #fead9a
  5. #feb9a8
  6. #ffc5b7
  7. #ffd0c5
  8. #ffdcd4
  9. #ffe8e2
  10. #fff3f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fe8a6e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fe8a6e
  2. #f18970
  3. #e58872
  4. #d88773
  5. #cc8675
  6. #bf8577
  7. #b28479
  8. #a6837b
  9. #99827c
  10. #8d817e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d19e96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79b6b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3b46c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7683 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0956c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dda56d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff7f7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fe8a6e {
  color: #fe8a6e;
}
Background
.bg-fe8a6e {
  background-color: #fe8a6e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fe8a6e {
  border: 2px solid #fe8a6e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fe8a6e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 254 138 110;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 99% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fe8a6e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fe8a6e, #fed26e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fe8a6e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(254 138 110 / 0.35);
}

#fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.61 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 5.30 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 5.37 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 5.56 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.22 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 6.26 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 6.74 #017591 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Salmon
#fe8a6e  rgb(254, 138, 110)  hsl(12, 99%, 71%)  Salmon
#6ee2fe  rgb(110, 226, 254)  hsl(192, 99%, 71%)  Sky Blue
#6efe8a  rgb(110, 254, 138)  hsl(132, 99%, 71%)  Spring Green
#8a6efe  rgb(138, 110, 254)  hsl(252, 99%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue