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Light Salmon #FD9162

Complete color analysis with professional format conversions, accessibility metrics, and harmonious color combinations for your design projects.

HEX Format
#FD9162
RGB Values
253, 145, 98
HSL Values
18°, 97%, 69%
CMYK Values
0%, 43%, 61%, 1%

Color Variations & Tints

  • #FEC6AF

    Lightness: 84%

  • #FDB596

    Lightness: 79%

  • #FDA37C

    Lightness: 74%

  • #FD9162

    Lightness: 69%

    Current color

  • #FC804A

    Lightness: 64%

  • #FC6E31

    Lightness: 59%

  • #FB5C18

    Lightness: 54%

Accessibility

White Text
2.2
FAIL
Black Text
9.4
PASS
WCAG AA
PASS
WCAG AAA
PASS

Accessibility Guide

Contrast Ratios
Higher values (4.5+) ensure better readability for users with visual impairments.
WCAG AA Standard
Minimum requirement: 4.5:1 contrast for normal text, 3:1 for large text.
WCAG AAA Standard
Enhanced level: 7:1 contrast for normal text, 4.5:1 for large text.

Color Harmonies

Six established ways to build a palette around #FD9162. Click any swatch to copy its value, or open it to see the full breakdown.

Complementary

The colour directly opposite on the wheel.

#FD9162 This color
#63CFFD
Use it when
Highest possible contrast between two hues. Use it when one element has to stand out against everything else: a call-to-action button, a highlight, a single focal point.
Watch out
Side by side at full saturation the edges appear to vibrate. Give one colour far less area than the other, or take saturation out of one of them.

Split-complementary

Instead of the opposite colour, the two next to it.

#FD9162 This color
#63FDDE
#6382FD
Use it when
Almost the contrast of a complementary pair, but noticeably calmer. A good default when complementary feels too harsh: one dominant colour, two accents.
Watch out
The two accents are close to each other. Keep them apart in the layout, or one will read as a mistake.

Analogous

Direct neighbours on the wheel.

#FD6382
#FD9162 This color
#FDDE63
Use it when
Naturally harmonious because the colours share undertones. Works well for backgrounds, gradients and calm interfaces where nothing should shout.
Watch out
Contrast between them is low. Do not rely on hue alone to separate interactive elements - vary lightness as well.

Triadic

Three hues at equal distance, 120 degrees apart.

#FD9162 This color
#63FD91
#9163FD
Use it when
Vivid and balanced at the same time. Suits playful, illustrative work and anything that needs three clearly distinct categories.
Watch out
Three strong colours are hard to balance. Let one dominate and treat the other two as accents, otherwise the result looks restless.

Tetradic

Four hues forming two complementary pairs.

#FD9162 This color
#82FD63
#63CFFD
#DE63FD
Use it when
The richest of the classic schemes. Useful when a design genuinely needs four distinct colours, for example a chart with four series.
Watch out
The hardest scheme to control. Choose one lead colour, use the rest sparingly, and watch the balance between warm and cool.

Monochromatic

One hue, stepped through lightness.

#C43D03
#FB5C18
#FD9163
#FEC6AF
#FEE3D7
Use it when
Always coherent, because there is only one hue. The natural choice for interface hierarchies, single-series charts and restrained designs.
Watch out
Can read as flat. Add one neutral or a single accent colour wherever something needs to be noticed.

Using this color

The same colour behaves very differently depending on where it sits. Each example below states its contrast ratio, so you can see at a glance what holds up.

As a background

9.40:1 passes AA

Heading on this colour

Body text at black, the more readable of the two options.

Comfortable for body text at any size.

As a button

Primary action Secondary Subtle

The outlined and subtle variants use #D34203 for the label, a darkened version of this colour so the text stays readable.

As text on white

needs adjusting

The colour itself

Adjusted for readability

At its original lightness this colour does not reach the 4.5:1 minimum on white. #D34203 keeps the same hue and reaches 4.62:1.

As a section behind cards

Card title

White cards on a coloured band are a safe pattern: the card carries the text, the colour carries the mood.

Read more →

As an accent

Highlighted notice

A coloured edge draws attention without touching legibility.

Body copy with an inline link in the adjusted shade.

Badge Outline

In a gradient

with its neighbour
with its complement

Neighbouring hues blend smoothly. Complements pass through a muddy middle, so keep that gradient short or add a stop.

How others see this colour

Around one in twelve men and one in two hundred women perceive colour differently. Two shades that look distinct to most people can collapse into one for them - which is why meaning should never rest on colour alone.

Normal vision

#FD9162

Protanopia

#AE9F5E

about 1% of men

Deuteranopia

#C8B761

about 1% of men

Tritanopia

#FF7D86

rare, affects both sexes

Use it in code

The same colour in the notations you are likely to need.

CSS 
:root {
  --light-salmon: #fd9162;
}

.element {
  color: #fd9162;
  background-color: rgb(253 145 98 / 10%);
}
Tailwind 
// tailwind.config.js
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      'light-salmon': '#fd9162',
    },
  },
}
SCSS 
$light-salmon: #fd9162;
$light-salmon-light: lighten($light-salmon, 15%);
$light-salmon-dark: darken($light-salmon, 15%);
Swift 
Color(red: 0.992, green: 0.569, blue: 0.384)
// UIKit
UIColor(red: 0.992, green: 0.569, blue: 0.384, alpha: 1.0)
Android 
<!-- colors.xml -->
<color name="light_salmon">#FD9162</color>

// Compose
val LightSalmon = Color(0xFFFD9162)
Other 
hsl(18, 97%, 69%)
rgb(253, 145, 98)
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