What color is #FFA07A?

#FFA07A is a light, vivid orange known as Light Salmon. It belongs to the orange family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Light Salmon?

The RGB value is 255, 160, 122: 255 red, 160 green and 122 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Light Salmon?

The complementary color is #7AD9FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFA07A?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.56:1 and white text 1.99:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Light Salmon color: hex code #FFA07A

#FFA07A rgb(255, 160, 122)

Shades of orange

Light Salmon has the hex code #FFA07A. It is a light, vivid orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 62.7% green and 47.8% blue (255, 160, 122).

Its hue angle is 17°, with 100% saturation and 74% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 37% magenta, 52% yellow and 0% black.

You can use it in CSS with the keyword lightsalmon.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.56:1).

Light Salmon (#FFA07A) color codes

HEX	`#FFA07A`
RGB	`rgb(255, 160, 122)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 62.7%, 47.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(17, 100%, 74%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(17, 52%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 37%, 52%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(74.71, 31.48, 34.55)`
CIE LCH	`lch(74.71, 46.74, 47.66)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(57.327, 47.812, 24.618)`
Decimal	`16752762`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Light Salmon, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FFA07A	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.56:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.99:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFA07A as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.99:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.56:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FFA07A looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ffa07a; }
.text { color: #ffa07a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffa07a; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 160 122 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffa07a, #ffe27a); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FFA07A on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFA07A?: #FFA07A is a light, vivid orange known as Light Salmon. It belongs to the orange family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Light Salmon?: The RGB value is 255, 160, 122: 255 red, 160 green and 122 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Light Salmon?: The complementary color is #7AD9FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFA07A?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.56:1 and white text 1.99:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.