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#FFAE80

#ffae80 ≈ Light Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ffae80 is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 68.24% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.76% magenta, 49.8% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 21.73°, with 100% saturation and 75.1% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Salmon (#ffa07a), ΔE 4.87.

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Relative luminance0.5309

Complementary

  1. #ffae80
  2. #80d1ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffae80
  2. #80ffed
  3. #8092ff

Analogous

  1. #ff8092
  2. #ffae80
  3. #ffed80

Triadic

  1. #ffae80
  2. #80ffae
  3. #ae80ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffae80
  2. #d1ff80
  3. #80d1ff
  4. #ae80ff

Square

  1. #ffae80
  2. #92ff80
  3. #80d1ff
  4. #ed80ff

Monochromatic

  1. #e65300
  2. #ff7d34
  3. #ffae80
  4. #ffdfcd
  5. #fff2eb

Shades

#ffae80 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffae80
  2. #e69d73
  3. #cc8b66
  4. #b37a5a
  5. #99684d
  6. #805740
  7. #664633
  8. #4d3426
  9. #33231a
  10. #1a110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffae80 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffae80
  2. #ffb68d
  3. #ffbe99
  4. #ffc6a6
  5. #ffceb3
  6. #ffd7c0
  7. #ffdfcc
  8. #ffe7d9
  9. #ffefe6
  10. #fff7f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffae80 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffae80
  2. #f2a980
  3. #e6a580
  4. #d9a080
  5. #cc9c80
  6. #c09780
  7. #b39280
  8. #a68e80
  9. #998980
  10. #8d8580
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcb9ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4b67c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c880 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9fa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #deb37e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8be80 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffa596 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffae80 {
  color: #ffae80;
}
Background
.bg-ffae80 {
  background-color: #ffae80;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffae80 {
  border: 2px solid #ffae80;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffae80;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 174 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 22 100% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffae80 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffae80, #ffed80);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffae80 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 174 128 / 0.35);
}

#ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 4.87 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 6.38 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 6.67 #e5aa70 Fawn ΔE 7.72 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 8.22 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 8.61 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 9.68 #00517f Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Light Salmon
#ffae80  rgb(255, 174, 128)  hsl(22, 100%, 75%)  Light Salmon
#80d1ff  rgb(128, 209, 255)  hsl(202, 100%, 75%)  Light Sky Blue
#80ffae  rgb(128, 255, 174)  hsl(142, 100%, 75%)  Pale Green
#ae80ff  rgb(174, 128, 255)  hsl(262, 100%, 75%)  Floral Lavender