HEX Color #F8A092 (Darksalmon)

About #F8A092

At its core, #F8A092 is a light and vivid hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darksalmon. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(248, 160, 146).

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 35% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 8.2 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#F8A092

RGB248, 160, 146

HSL8.2°, 87.9%, 77.3%

CMYK0%, 35%, 41%, 3%

HSV8.2°, 41.1%, 97.3%

LAB74.3, 31.1, 20.9

XYZ56.5, 47.2, 33.3

Decimal16294034

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#F8A092 #91E9F8

Analogous

#F891B6 #F8D391

Triadic

#91F89F #9F91F8

Tetradic

#B6F891 #91E9F8 #D391F8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#F8A092

#F8AA9E

#F9B5AA

#FABFB6

#FBCAC2

#FBD4CE

#FCDFDA

#FDE9E6

#FEF4F2

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#F8A092

#DC8E81

#C07C71

#A56A61

#895851

#6E4740

#523530

#372320

#1B1110

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.01:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

10.43:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.92:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

8.87:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F8A092; }

.text-color { color: #F8A092; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #F8A092; }

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