#FFAB91 colour

#FFAB91 is a light orange close to CSS lightsalmon. RGB 255, 171, 145, HSL 14, 100%, 78%. Black text passes AAA (11.49:1), white fails (1.83:1).

#FFAB91

Nearest CSS name: lightsalmon #ffa07a (not an exact match)
Described as: a light orange
Red, green, blue: 255, 171, 145
Material 2014: Deep Orange 200
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.5243 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#ffab91`
RGB	`rgb(255, 171, 145)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(100% 67.1% 56.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(14.2, 100%, 78.4%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(14.2, 43.1%, 100%)`
HWB	`hwb(14.2 56.9% 0%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 33%, 43%, 0%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(77.97% 29.6 26.68)`
OKLCH	`oklch(81.69% 0.106 37.94)`
Decimal	`16755601`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 1.83:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 11.49:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	1.83:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	11.49:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #FFAB91 (11.49:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#ffb39b 18%#ffbaa5 27%#ffc2af 36%#ffcab9 45%#ffd1c3 55%#ffd9cd 64%#ffe0d7 73%#ffe8e1 82%#fff0eb 91%#fff7f5

9%#e89b84 18%#d18c77 27%#b97c69 36%#a26d5c 45%#8b5d4f 55%#744e42 64%#5d3e35 73%#462f28 82%#2e1f1a 91%#17100d

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#ffab91 #91e5ff

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#ff91ae #ffab91 #ffe291

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#ffab91 #91ffab #ab91ff

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#ffab91 #91ffe2 #91aeff

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#ffab91 #aeff91 #91e5ff #e291ff

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#ffab91 Protanopia#bfb58f Deuteranopia#d3c690 Tritanopia#ff9ea4 Achromatopsia#c0c0c0

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

Material Deep Orange palette

50#fbe9e7 100#ffccbc 200#ffab91 300#ff8a65 400#ff7043 500#ff5722 600#f4511e 700#e64a19 800#d84315 900#bf360c A100#ff9e80 A200#ff6e40 A400#ff3d00 A700#dd2c00

CSS

Text colour	`color: #ffab91;`
Background	`background-color: #ffab91;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #ffab91;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(255 171 145 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #ffab91;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffab91, #996757);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #ffcdbd, #ffab91);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #ffab91; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #FFAB91 to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.