#ffa487

Color #ffa487

A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Closest named color Light Salmon #ffa07a · ΔE 5.69 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ffa487

RGB

rgb(255, 164, 135)

HSL

hsl(14.5, 100%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(14.5, 47.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 47.1%, 0%)

LAB

lab(75.8, 30.56, 29.04)

LCH

lch(75.8, 42.16, 43.54)

OKLCH

oklch(80.3%, 0.1159, 38.45)

HWB

hwb(14.5, 52.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87e2ff

Analogous

#ff87a6

#ffa487

#ffe087

Triadic

#ffa487

#87ffa4

#a487ff

Split-complementary

#ffa487

#87ffe0

#87a6ff

Tetradic

#ffa487

#e2ff87

#87e2ff

#a487ff

Square

#ffa487

#a6ff87

#87e2ff

#e087ff

Shades

Color #ffa487 mixed toward black.

#ff7346

#ff4105

#c32f00

#821f00

#411000

Tints

Color #ffa487 mixed toward white.

#ffb39b

#ffc2af

#ffd2c3

#ffe1d7

#fff0eb

Tones

Color #ffa487 mixed toward gray.

#f5a991

#ebae9b

#e1b4a5

#d7b9af

#cdbeb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dedd8f · ΔE 32.5

Deuteranopia

#e2e990 · ΔE 36.2

Tritanopia

#fb9496 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffa487;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffa487]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Tomato #ff6347

Frequently asked questions

#ffa487 (#ffa487) is rgb(255, 164, 135) in RGB.

No, #ffa487 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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