#f97e6c

Color #f97e6c

A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Closest named color Salmon #fa8072 · ΔE 2.55 Nearest Tailwind class red-400 #ff6467 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#f97e6c

RGB

rgb(249, 126, 108)

HSL

hsl(7.7, 92.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.7, 56.6%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 56.6%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(66.63, 45.39, 31.56)

LCH

lch(66.63, 55.28, 34.81)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.1538, 29.86)

HWB

hwb(7.7, 42.4%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6ce7f9

Analogous

#f96ca0

#f97e6c

#f9c56c

Triadic

#f97e6c

#6cf97e

#7e6cf9

Split-complementary

#f97e6c

#6cf9c5

#6ca0f9

Tetradic

#f97e6c

#e7f96c

#6ce7f9

#7e6cf9

Square

#f97e6c

#a0f96c

#6ce7f9

#c56cf9

Shades

Color #f97e6c mixed toward black.

#f74c33

#e52509

#ac1c07

#721305

#390902

Tints

Color #f97e6c mixed toward white.

#fa9484

#fba99d

#fcbfb5

#fdd4ce

#feeae6

Tones

Color #f97e6c mixed toward gray.

#ed8778

#e29083

#d6988f

#caa19b

#beaaa7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d0cf71 · ΔE 42.5

Deuteranopia

#d6dd72 · ΔE 46.5

Tritanopia

#f57475 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f97e6c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f97e6c]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Frequently asked questions

#f97e6c (#f97e6c) is rgb(249, 126, 108) in RGB.

No, #f97e6c 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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