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#FF9999

#ff9999 ≈ Salmon Pink

  • pink
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
  • Web safe
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#ff9999 is a color from the pink family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 60% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 40% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 100% saturation and 80% 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 10.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Salmon Pink (#ff91a4), ΔE 5.8.

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Relative luminance0.4634

Complementary

  1. #ff9999
  2. #99ffff

Split complementary

  1. #ff9999
  2. #99ffcc
  3. #99ccff

Analogous

  1. #ff99cc
  2. #ff9999
  3. #ffcc99

Triadic

  1. #ff9999
  2. #99ff99
  3. #9999ff

Tetradic

  1. #ff9999
  2. #ffff99
  3. #99ffff
  4. #9999ff

Square

  1. #ff9999
  2. #ccff99
  3. #99ffff
  4. #cc99ff

Monochromatic

  1. #ff0000
  2. #ff4d4d
  3. #ff9999
  4. #ffe5e5
  5. #ffebeb

Shades

#ff9999 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ff9999
  2. #e68a8a
  3. #cc7a7a
  4. #b36b6b
  5. #995c5c
  6. #804d4d
  7. #663d3d
  8. #4d2e2e
  9. #331f1f
  10. #1a0f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#ff9999 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ff9999
  2. #ffa3a3
  3. #ffadad
  4. #ffb8b8
  5. #ffc2c2
  6. #ffcccc
  7. #ffd6d6
  8. #ffe0e0
  9. #ffebeb
  10. #fff5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ff9999 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ff9999
  2. #f29797
  3. #e69494
  4. #d99292
  5. #cc8f8f
  6. #c08d8d
  7. #b38a8a
  8. #a68888
  9. #998585
  10. #8d8383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7abab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aea998 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7bd97 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8d9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3a399 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfb098 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff9299 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ff9999 {
  color: #ff9999;
}
Background
.bg-ff9999 {
  background-color: #ff9999;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ff9999 {
  border: 2px solid #ff9999;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ff9999;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 153 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ff9999 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff9999, #ffcc99);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ff9999 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 153 153 / 0.35);
}

#ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 5.80 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 6.20 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 7.78 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 7.84 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 7.97 #ffb6c1 Light Pink ΔE 8.88 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 8.99 #006666 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Salmon Pink
#ff9999  rgb(255, 153, 153)  hsl(0, 100%, 80%)  Salmon Pink
#99ffff  rgb(153, 255, 255)  hsl(180, 100%, 80%)  Electric Blue
#99ff99  rgb(153, 255, 153)  hsl(120, 100%, 80%)  Mint Green
#9999ff  rgb(153, 153, 255)  hsl(240, 100%, 80%)  Cornflower Blue