#fa978a

Color #fa978a

A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 9.37 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#fa978a

RGB

rgb(250, 151, 138)

HSL

hsl(7, 91.8%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7, 44.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 44.8%, 2%)

LAB

lab(72.43, 35.71, 22.77)

LCH

lch(72.43, 42.35, 32.52)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.1214, 28.17)

HWB

hwb(7, 54.1%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8aedfa

Analogous

#fa8ab5

#fa978a

#facf8a

Triadic

#fa978a

#8afa97

#978afa

Split-complementary

#fa978a

#8afacf

#8ab5fa

Tetradic

#fa978a

#edfa8a

#8aedfa

#978afa

Square

#fa978a

#b5fa8a

#8aedfa

#cf8afa

Shades

Color #fa978a mixed toward black.

#f7604c

#f5290e

#ba1d08

#7c1305

#3e0a03

Tints

Color #fa978a mixed toward white.

#fba89e

#fcbab1

#fdcbc5

#fddcd8

#feeeec

Tones

Color #fa978a mixed toward gray.

#f19e93

#e7a59d

#deada6

#d5b4af

#cbbbb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d7d68d · ΔE 36.7

Deuteranopia

#dce28e · ΔE 40.4

Tritanopia

#f69090 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 23.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #fa978a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#fa978a]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#fa978a (#fa978a) is rgb(250, 151, 138) in RGB.

No, #fa978a 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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