#f2aca5

Color #f2aca5

A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Closest named color Light Pink #ffb6c1 · ΔE 10.33 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#f2aca5

RGB

rgb(242, 172, 165)

HSL

hsl(5.5, 74.8%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(5.5, 31.8%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 31.8%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(76.74, 24.75, 13.86)

LCH

lch(76.74, 28.37, 29.25)

OKLCH

oklch(80.9%, 0.0835, 25.46)

HWB

hwb(5.5, 64.7%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5ebf2

Analogous

#f2a5c4

#f2aca5

#f2d3a5

Triadic

#f2aca5

#a5f2ac

#aca5f2

Split-complementary

#f2aca5

#a5f2d3

#a5c4f2

Tetradic

#f2aca5

#ebf2a5

#a5ebf2

#aca5f2

Square

#f2aca5

#c4f2a5

#a5ebf2

#d3a5f2

Shades

Color #f2aca5 mixed toward black.

#e9756a

#e13f2e

#b2281a

#771a11

#3b0d09

Tints

Color #f2aca5 mixed toward white.

#f4bab4

#f6c8c3

#f9d6d2

#fbe3e1

#fdf1f0

Tones

Color #f2aca5 mixed toward gray.

#ecb1ab

#e5b7b2

#dfbcb8

#d8c1bf

#d2c6c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d7d7a7 · ΔE 30.2

Deuteranopia

#dbe0a7 · ΔE 32.9

Tritanopia

#efa8a8 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 20.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #f2aca5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f2aca5]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#f2aca5 (#f2aca5) is rgb(242, 172, 165) in RGB.

No, #f2aca5 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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