Colour

#FA8072

#FA8072
Red
Dark
Named: Salmon

#FA8072 is the CSS colour red with RGB values 250, 128, 114 and HSL 6°, 93%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#FA8072#FA8072

HEX#FA8072

RGBrgb(250, 128, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.502, 0.4471

RGB percentages98%, 50.2%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(6.2, 93.2%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.2, 54.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 48.8%, 54.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,416,882

CSS custom property--colour: #FA8072;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.4:1

Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#057F8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D9470no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBAE70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF6C7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 0 Light coral · ΔE 9.9 Indian red · ΔE 15.5 Light salmon · ΔE 16.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 17.3 Coral · ΔE 18.4

This is a named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)exact match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usablesalmon

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#72ECFA

Analogous#FA72A8, #FAC472

Triadic#72FA80, #8072FA

Split complementary#72FAC4, #72A8FA

Tetradic#A8FA72, #72ECFA, #C472FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDD9D5

Lighter +10%#FCACA3

Darker −10%#F85441

Darker −20%#F7270F

Darker −30%#CC1B07

Darker −40%#9B1505

More saturated +25%#FF7C6D

Less saturated −25%#E88E84

Channel breakdown

R250

G128

B114

Red250 (98%)

Green128 (50.2%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue6.18°

Saturation (HSL)93.15%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 80 · B 72

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