#f8b5aa

Color #f8b5aa

A vivid, highly saturated very light red.

Closest named color Light Pink #ffb6c1 · ΔE 11.47 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#f8b5aa

RGB

rgb(248, 181, 170)

HSL

hsl(8.5, 84.8%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.5, 31.5%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 27%, 31.5%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(79.56, 22.87, 15.21)

LCH

lch(79.56, 27.47, 33.63)

OKLCH

oklch(83.3%, 0.0802, 29.35)

HWB

hwb(8.5, 66.7%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaedf8

Analogous

#f8aac6

#f8b5aa

#f8dcaa

Triadic

#f8b5aa

#aaf8b5

#b5aaf8

Split-complementary

#f8b5aa

#aaf8dc

#aac6f8

Tetradic

#f8b5aa

#edf8aa

#aaedf8

#b5aaf8

Square

#f8b5aa

#c6f8aa

#aaedf8

#dcaaf8

Shades

Color #f8b5aa mixed toward black.

#f37d6a

#ed4529

#c12910

#811b0b

#400e05

Tints

Color #f8b5aa mixed toward white.

#f9c2b8

#facec6

#fcdad5

#fde6e3

#fef3f1

Tones

Color #f8b5aa mixed toward gray.

#f2bab1

#ebbfb7

#e5c3be

#dec8c4

#d8cccb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dedead · ΔE 28.8

Deuteranopia

#e2e7ad · ΔE 31.3

Tritanopia

#f5afaf · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f8b5aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f8b5aa]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#f8b5aa (#f8b5aa) is rgb(248, 181, 170) in RGB.

No, #f8b5aa 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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