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#FFAA9C

#ffaa9c ≈ Vivid Tangerine

  • pink
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ffaa9c is a color from the pink family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 66.67% green and 61.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 38.82% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 8.48°, with 100% saturation and 80.59% 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 11.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vivid Tangerine (#ffa089), ΔE 3.89.

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Relative luminance0.5241

Complementary

  1. #ffaa9c
  2. #9cf1ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffaa9c
  2. #9cffdb
  3. #9cc0ff

Analogous

  1. #ff9cc0
  2. #ffaa9c
  3. #ffdb9c

Triadic

  1. #ffaa9c
  2. #9cffaa
  3. #aa9cff

Tetradic

  1. #ffaa9c
  2. #f1ff9c
  3. #9cf1ff
  4. #aa9cff

Square

  1. #ffaa9c
  2. #c0ff9c
  3. #9cf1ff
  4. #db9cff

Monochromatic

  1. #ff2703
  2. #ff6850
  3. #ffaa9c
  4. #ffece9
  5. #ffedeb

Shades

#ffaa9c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffaa9c
  2. #e6998c
  3. #cc887d
  4. #b3776d
  5. #99665e
  6. #80554e
  7. #66443e
  8. #4d332f
  9. #33221f
  10. #1a1110
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffaa9c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffaa9c
  2. #ffb3a6
  3. #ffbbb0
  4. #ffc4ba
  5. #ffccc4
  6. #ffd5ce
  7. #ffddd7
  8. #ffe6e1
  9. #ffeeeb
  10. #fff7f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffaa9c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffaa9c
  2. #f2a699
  3. #e6a296
  4. #d99d94
  5. #cc9991
  6. #c0958e
  7. #b3918b
  8. #a68d88
  9. #998886
  10. #8d8483
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcb7b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bdb59b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1c69b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9fa6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab19b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5bc9b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffa3a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffaa9c {
  color: #ffaa9c;
}
Background
.bg-ffaa9c {
  background-color: #ffaa9c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffaa9c {
  border: 2px solid #ffaa9c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffaa9c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 170 156;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 100% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffaa9c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffaa9c, #ffdb9c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffaa9c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 170 156 / 0.35);
}

#ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 3.89 #fdbcb4 Melon ΔE 5.31 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 7.61 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 7.73 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 8.00 #f4c2c2 Baby Pink ΔE 9.43 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 9.79 #005563 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Vivid Tangerine
#ffaa9c  rgb(255, 170, 156)  hsl(8, 100%, 81%)  Vivid Tangerine
#9cf1ff  rgb(156, 241, 255)  hsl(188, 100%, 81%)  Pale Turquoise
#9cffaa  rgb(156, 255, 170)  hsl(128, 100%, 81%)  Pale Green
#aa9cff  rgb(170, 156, 255)  hsl(248, 100%, 81%)  Wild Blue Yonder