#fa9f74

Color #fa9f74

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Light Salmon #ffa07a · ΔE 2.85 Nearest Tailwind class orange-300 #ffb86a · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#fa9f74

RGB

rgb(250, 159, 116)

HSL

hsl(19.3, 93.1%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(19.3, 53.6%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 53.6%, 2%)

LAB

lab(73.8, 29.55, 36.44)

LCH

lch(73.8, 46.92, 50.96)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.1231, 45.76)

HWB

hwb(19.3, 45.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74cffa

Analogous

#fa748c

#fa9f74

#fae274

Triadic

#fa9f74

#74fa9f

#9f74fa

Split-complementary

#fa9f74

#74fae2

#748cfa

Tetradic

#fa9f74

#cffa74

#74cffa

#9f74fa

Square

#fa9f74

#8cfa74

#74cffa

#e274fa

Shades

Color #fa9f74 mixed toward black.

#f87739

#ec5208

#b13d06

#762904

#3b1402

Tints

Color #fa9f74 mixed toward white.

#fbaf8b

#fcbfa2

#fdcfba

#fddfd1

#feefe8

Tones

Color #fa9f74 mixed toward gray.

#efa37f

#e4a78a

#d9ab96

#cdafa1

#c2b3ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d9d880 · ΔE 31.3

Deuteranopia

#dee483 · ΔE 34.4

Tritanopia

#f6898b · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #fa9f74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#fa9f74]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#fa9f74 (#fa9f74) is rgb(250, 159, 116) in RGB.

No, #fa9f74 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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