HEX Color #F85F66 (Salmon)

About #F85F66

At its core, #F85F66 is a light and vivid hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Salmon. Its digital footprint relies on 248 parts red, 95 parts green, and 102 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. Its ink density profile breaks down to 0% cyan, 62% magenta, 59% yellow, and 3% black. The HSL representation is 357.3° hue, 91.6% saturation, and 67.3% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#F85F66

RGB248, 95, 102

HSL357.3°, 91.6%, 67.3%

CMYK0%, 62%, 59%, 3%

HSV357.3°, 61.7%, 97.3%

LAB60.9, 58.9, 27.4

XYZ45.2, 29.1, 15.8

Decimal16277350

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#F85F66 #5FF8F1

Analogous

#F85FB2 #F8A45F

Triadic

#65F85F #5F65F8

Tetradic

#B2F85F #5FF8F1 #A45FF8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#F85F66

#F87077

#F98288

#FA9499

#FBA6AA

#FBB7BB

#FCC9CC

#FDDBDD

#FEEDEE

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#F85F66

#DC545A

#C0494F

#A53F44

#893438

#6E2A2D

#521F22

#371516

#1B0A0B

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.08:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

6.82:1

Text on #000000

AA

2.94:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

5.80:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F85F66; }

.text-color { color: #F85F66; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #F85F66; }

Similar Colors

Salmon

#FA8072