HEX atlas value

#FA8072

#FA8072 is a warm red HEX color nearest Salmon. RGB 250, 128, 114, HSL 6° 93% 71%, luminance 0.3698; view contrast and conversions.

red warm vibrant

#FA8072 Sample readable text

HEX #FA8072

RGB rgb(250, 128, 114)

HSL hsl(6 93% 71%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 49, 54, 2)

Luminance 0.3698

Contrast Black 8.4:1White 2.5:1

CSS

--color-fa8072: #FA8072;
.background-fa8072 { background-color: #FA8072; }
.text-fa8072 { color: #FA8072; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FA8072

#FA8072 is classified as a warm red value with vibrant visual character. #FA8072 is visually closest to Salmon, a named red color with HEX #FA8072.

The RGB channels are 250, 128, and 114, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 6deg with 93% saturation and 71% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.3698, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.4:1AA Pass

White text2.5:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FA8072 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.4:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.5:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#70ECFA#70ECFA · #000000 text · best 15.07:1 #FDCEC9#FDCEC9 · #000000 text · best 14.85:1 #FAC370#FAC370 · #000000 text · best 13.1:1 Dark Salmon#E9967A · #000000 text · best 9.11:1 #EA8B81#EA8B81 · #000000 text · best 8.51:1

Generated Palette

Salmon#FA8072

#70ECFA#70ECFA

#FA70A7#FA70A7

#FAC370#FAC370

#FDCEC9#FDCEC9

#F72E18#F72E18

Color Harmonies

#70ECFA#70ECFA

#FA70A7#FA70A7

#FAC370#FAC370

#70FA7E#70FA7E

#7E70FA#7E70FA

Variants

#FDCEC9#FDCEC9

#F72E18#F72E18

#FF7A6B#FF7A6B

#EA8B81#EA8B81

#FDEEED#FDEEED

#FF9F94#FF9F94

Nearest Named Colors

Salmon#FA8072

Coral Reef#FD7C6E

Light Coral#F08080

Watermelon#FC6C85

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Luminance0.3698

Black text8.4:1AA Pass

White text2.5:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FA8072","rgb":[250,128,114],"hsl":[6,93,71],"cmyk":[0,49,54,2],"luminance":0.3698,"contrast":{"black":8.4,"white":2.5}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.4,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.5,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#70ECFA","hex":"#70ECFA","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.07,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FDCEC9","hex":"#FDCEC9","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.85,"contrastWhite":1.41,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FAC370","hex":"#FAC370","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.1,"contrastWhite":1.6,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.11,"contrastWhite":2.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#EA8B81","hex":"#EA8B81","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.51,"contrastWhite":2.47,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","vibrant","vibrant red","Salmon adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/fa8072.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/coral-reef.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-coral.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#70ECFA","analogous":["#FA70A7","#FAC370"],"triadic":["#70FA7E","#7E70FA"],"tetradic":["#A7FA70","#70ECFA","#C370FA"],"splitComplementary":["#70FAC3","#70A7FA"],"monochromatic":["#FDCEC9","#FA8072","#F72E18"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FDCEC9","dark":"#F72E18","saturated":"#FF7A6B","desaturated":"#EA8B81","pastel":"#FDEEED","neon":"#FF9F94"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"salmon","name":"Salmon","hex":"#FA8072","distance":0},{"slug":"coral-reef","name":"Coral Reef","hex":"#FD7C6E","distance":6.4031242374328485},{"slug":"light-coral","name":"Light Coral","hex":"#F08080","distance":17.204650534085253},{"slug":"watermelon","name":"Watermelon","hex":"#FC6C85","distance":27.65863337187866},{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":28.930952282978865}]

#FA8072

CSS

About #FA8072

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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