#f09f8e

Color #f09f8e

A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 7.2 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#f09f8e

RGB

rgb(240, 159, 142)

HSL

hsl(10.4, 76.6%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(10.4, 40.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 40.8%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(73.07, 28.16, 21.27)

LCH

lch(73.07, 35.29, 37.06)

OKLCH

oklch(77.9%, 0.1006, 32.41)

HWB

hwb(10.4, 55.7%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8edff0

Analogous

#f08eae

#f09f8e

#f0d08e

Triadic

#f09f8e

#8ef09f

#9f8ef0

Split-complementary

#f09f8e

#8ef0d0

#8eaef0

Tetradic

#f09f8e

#dff08e

#8edff0

#9f8ef0

Square

#f09f8e

#aef08e

#8edff0

#d08ef0

Shades

Color #f09f8e mixed toward black.

#e96f56

#e1401e

#a93016

#70200f

#381007

Tints

Color #f09f8e mixed toward white.

#f3afa1

#f5bfb4

#f8cfc6

#fadfd9

#fdefec

Tones

Color #f09f8e mixed toward gray.

#e8a496

#e0aa9e

#d8afa6

#cfb4af

#c7bab7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d2d192 · ΔE 31.3

Deuteranopia

#d6dc93 · ΔE 34.7

Tritanopia

#ed9696 · ΔE 6.3

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f09f8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f09f8e]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#f09f8e (#f09f8e) is rgb(240, 159, 142) in RGB.

No, #f09f8e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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