#ff9c80

Color #ff9c80

A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Closest named color Light Salmon #ffa07a · ΔE 5.01 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ff9c80

RGB

rgb(255, 156, 128)

HSL

hsl(13.2, 100%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(13.2, 49.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 49.8%, 0%)

LAB

lab(73.93, 34.07, 30.33)

LCH

lch(73.93, 45.61, 41.68)

OKLCH

oklch(78.8%, 0.1254, 36.6)

HWB

hwb(13.2, 50.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#80e3ff

Analogous

#ff80a4

#ff9c80

#ffdb80

Triadic

#ff9c80

#80ff9c

#9c80ff

Split-complementary

#ff9c80

#80ffdb

#80a4ff

Tetradic

#ff9c80

#e3ff80

#80e3ff

#9c80ff

Square

#ff9c80

#a4ff80

#80e3ff

#db80ff

Shades

Color #ff9c80 mixed toward black.

#ff6a40

#ff3800

#c02a00

#801c00

#400e00

Tints

Color #ff9c80 mixed toward white.

#ffac95

#ffbdaa

#ffcdc0

#ffded5

#ffeeea

Tones

Color #ff9c80 mixed toward gray.

#f4a28b

#eaa895

#dfaea0

#d5b4aa

#cabab5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dbdb87 · ΔE 35.4

Deuteranopia

#e1e789 · ΔE 38.4

Tritanopia

#fb8d8e · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ff9c80;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ff9c80]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Tomato #ff6347

Sienna #a0522d

Frequently asked questions

#ff9c80 (#ff9c80) is rgb(255, 156, 128) in RGB.

No, #ff9c80 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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