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#FF8C8A

#ff8c8a ≈ Light Coral

  • pink
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ff8c8a is a color from the pink family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 54.9% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 45.1% magenta, 45.88% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 1.03°, with 100% saturation and 77.06% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with tenderness, care and sweetness. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, weddings and celebrations and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Coral (#f08080), ΔE 3.68.

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Relative luminance0.4185

Complementary

  1. #ff8c8a
  2. #8afdff

Split complementary

  1. #ff8c8a
  2. #8affc7
  3. #8ac2ff

Analogous

  1. #ff8ac2
  2. #ff8c8a
  3. #ffc78a

Triadic

  1. #ff8c8a
  2. #8aff8c
  3. #8c8aff

Tetradic

  1. #ff8c8a
  2. #fdff8a
  3. #8afdff
  4. #8c8aff

Square

  1. #ff8c8a
  2. #c2ff8a
  3. #8afdff
  4. #c78aff

Monochromatic

  1. #f00400
  2. #ff413e
  3. #ff8c8a
  4. #ffd7d7
  5. #ffebeb

Shades

#ff8c8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ff8c8a
  2. #e67e7c
  3. #cc706e
  4. #b36261
  5. #995453
  6. #804645
  7. #663837
  8. #4d2a29
  9. #331c1c
  10. #1a0e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ff8c8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ff8c8a
  2. #ff9896
  3. #ffa3a1
  4. #ffafad
  5. #ffbab9
  6. #ffc6c5
  7. #ffd1d0
  8. #ffdddc
  9. #ffe8e8
  10. #fff4f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ff8c8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ff8c8a
  2. #f28b89
  3. #e68a88
  4. #d98887
  5. #cc8786
  6. #c08685
  7. #b38584
  8. #a68483
  9. #998282
  10. #8d8181
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3a1a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a59f89 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1b688 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7c8c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cf988a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dda789 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff838b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ff8c8a {
  color: #ff8c8a;
}
Background
.bg-ff8c8a {
  background-color: #ff8c8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ff8c8a {
  border: 2px solid #ff8c8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ff8c8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 140 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 1 100% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ff8c8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff8c8a, #ffc78a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ff8c8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 140 138 / 0.35);
}

#f08080 Light Coral ΔE 3.68 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 5.13 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 7.13 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 7.92 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 8.31 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 8.66 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 10.00 #007375 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Light Coral
#ff8c8a  rgb(255, 140, 138)  hsl(1, 100%, 77%)  Light Coral
#8afdff  rgb(138, 253, 255)  hsl(181, 100%, 77%)  Electric Blue
#8aff8c  rgb(138, 255, 140)  hsl(121, 100%, 77%)  Mint Green
#8c8aff  rgb(140, 138, 255)  hsl(241, 100%, 77%)  Medium Purple