#faa99f

Color #faa99f

A vivid, highly saturated very light red.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 12.49 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#faa99f

RGB

rgb(250, 169, 159)

HSL

hsl(6.6, 90.1%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.6, 36.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 36.4%, 2%)

LAB

lab(76.8, 28.6, 17.34)

LCH

lch(76.8, 33.45, 31.23)

OKLCH

oklch(81.1%, 0.0975, 27.17)

HWB

hwb(6.6, 62.4%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ff0fa

Analogous

#fa9fc3

#faa99f

#fad79f

Triadic

#faa99f

#9ffaa9

#a99ffa

Split-complementary

#faa99f

#9ffad7

#9fc3fa

Tetradic

#faa99f

#f0fa9f

#9ff0fa

#a99ffa

Square

#faa99f

#c3fa9f

#9ff0fa

#d79ffa

Shades

Color #faa99f mixed toward black.

#f76f5e

#f3351d

#c21e0a

#821407

#410a03

Tints

Color #faa99f mixed toward white.

#fbb7af

#fcc6bf

#fdd4cf

#fde2df

#fef1ef

Tones

Color #faa99f mixed toward gray.

#f2afa7

#ebb5ae

#e3bbb6

#dcc1bd

#d4c7c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dcdba1 · ΔE 32

Deuteranopia

#e0e6a2 · ΔE 35.5

Tritanopia

#f7a3a4 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #faa99f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#faa99f]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#faa99f (#faa99f) is rgb(250, 169, 159) in RGB.

No, #faa99f 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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