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#fa8072

Salmon Color

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A pale pink-orange named after the flesh color of salmon.

Nearest Tailwind class red-400 #ff6467 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#fa8072

RGB

rgb(250, 128, 114)

HSL

hsl(6.2, 93.2%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.2, 54.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 54.4%, 2%)

LAB

lab(67.26, 45.23, 29.09)

LCH

lch(67.26, 53.78, 32.75)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.1515, 28.07)

HWB

hwb(6.2, 44.7%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72ecfa

Analogous

#fa72a8

#fa8072

#fac472

Triadic

#fa8072

#72fa80

#8072fa

Split-complementary

#fa8072

#72fac4

#72a8fa

Tetradic

#fa8072

#ecfa72

#72ecfa

#8072fa

Square

#fa8072

#a8fa72

#72ecfa

#c472fa

Shades

Salmon Color mixed toward black.

#f84b37

#eb2008

#b01806

#751004

#3b0802

Tints

Salmon Color mixed toward white.

#fb958a

#fcaaa1

#fdc0b9

#fdd5d0

#feeae8

Tones

Salmon Color mixed toward gray.

#ef897d

#e39289

#d89b94

#cda49f

#c1adab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d1d076 · ΔE 42.6

Deuteranopia

#d7de76 · ΔE 46.7

Tritanopia

#f67879 · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #fa8072;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#fa8072]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Frequently asked questions

Salmon (#fa8072) is rgb(250, 128, 114) in RGB.

No, #fa8072 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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