#FF8A6D

A light, vivid red closely aligning with Salmon.

About #FF8A6D

When working with digital screens, the color #FF8A6D is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Salmon. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 255, 138, and 109.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). The color uses 0% Cyan, 46% Magenta, 57% Yellow, and 0% Black. With a hue angle of 11.9 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#FF8A6D
RGB255, 138, 109
HSL11.9°, 100.0%, 71.4%
CMYK0%, 46%, 57%, 0%
HSV11.9°, 57.3%, 100.0%
LAB69.9, 41.7, 35.3
XYZ53.1, 40.5, 19.5
Decimal16747117

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.31:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
9.11:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.20:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.74:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #FF8A6D; }
.text-color { color: #FF8A6D; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #FF8A6D; }

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