HEX Color #FFAF8A (Lightsalmon)

About #FFAF8A

At its core, #FFAF8A is a light and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Lightsalmon. Its digital footprint relies on 255 parts red, 175 parts green, and 138 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 31% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 19.0° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 77.1% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#FFAF8A

RGB255, 175, 138

HSL19.0°, 100.0%, 77.1%

CMYK0%, 31%, 46%, 0%

HSV19.0°, 45.9%, 100.0%

LAB78.3, 25.1, 30.8

XYZ61.2, 53.8, 31.2

Decimal16756618

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#FFAF8A #89DAFF

Analogous

#FF899F #FFE989

Triadic

#89FFAF #AE89FF

Tetradic

#9FFF89 #89DAFF #E989FF

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#FFAF8A

#FFB797

#FFC0A4

#FFC9B1

#FFD2BE

#FFDBCB

#FFE4D8

#FFEDE5

#FFF6F2

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#FFAF8A

#E29B7A

#C6886B

#AA745C

#8D614C

#714D3D

#553A2E

#38261E

#1C130F

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.79:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

11.75:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.71:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

9.99:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #FFAF8A; }

.text-color { color: #FFAF8A; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #FFAF8A; }

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Lightsalmon

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