#f49e8a

Color #f49e8a

A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 5.45 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#f49e8a

RGB

rgb(244, 158, 138)

HSL

hsl(11.3, 82.8%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(11.3, 43.4%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 43.4%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(73.24, 29.79, 23.75)

LCH

lch(73.24, 38.1, 38.56)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.1074, 33.76)

HWB

hwb(11.3, 54.1%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ae0f4

Analogous

#f48aab

#f49e8a

#f4d38a

Triadic

#f49e8a

#8af49e

#9e8af4

Split-complementary

#f49e8a

#8af4d3

#8aabf4

Tetradic

#f49e8a

#e0f48a

#8ae0f4

#9e8af4

Square

#f49e8a

#abf48a

#8ae0f4

#d38af4

Shades

Color #f49e8a mixed toward black.

#ef6e50

#e93e16

#af2e10

#741f0b

#3a0f05

Tints

Color #f49e8a mixed toward white.

#f6ae9d

#f8beb1

#f9cec4

#fbdfd8

#fdefeb

Tones

Color #f49e8a mixed toward gray.

#eba393

#e2a99c

#d9aea4

#d1b4ad

#c8b9b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d4d48f · ΔE 32.6

Deuteranopia

#d9df90 · ΔE 35.8

Tritanopia

#f19394 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 22.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #f49e8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f49e8a]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Frequently asked questions

#f49e8a (#f49e8a) is rgb(244, 158, 138) in RGB.

No, #f49e8a 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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