Light Salmon color (#FFA07A)
Light Salmon is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword lightsalmon
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #FFA07A, which is rgb(255, 160, 122) in RGB.
It is a light, moderately saturated warm color with a hue angle of 17° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 79% in OKLCH. On a light salmon background, black text gives the higher contrast at 10.56:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Light Salmon color codes
| CSS name | lightsalmon |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #FFA07A |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #FFA07AFF |
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| RGB | rgb(255, 160, 122) |
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| HSL | hsl(17, 100%, 74%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(17, 52%, 100%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(79.4% 0.1248 42.4) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 52.2%, 0%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for light salmon used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of light salmon
Tints mix light salmon with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
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Colors that go with light salmon
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Light Salmon with color blindness
Approximately how light salmon appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using light salmon in CSS
.element {
color: lightsalmon;
background-color: #ffa07a;
border-color: rgb(255 160 122 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(79.4% 0.1248 42.4);
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