Light Salmon is the CSS named color #FFA07A — rgb(255, 160, 122), hsl(17, 100%, 74%). Its relative luminance is 0.478, giving 1.99:1 against white and 10.56:1 against black, so it works as a text color on black.
| HEX | #FFA07A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(255, 160, 122) |
| HSL | hsl(17, 100%, 74%) |
| Relative luminance | 0.4781 |
| Contrast on white | 1.99:1 AA fail |
| Contrast on black | 10.56:1 AA pass |
Built by mixing lightsalmon toward white (four steps) and toward black (four steps) while keeping the hue. Use the shades generator for a different step count or to add harmony sets.
Closest by CIELAB distance (ΔE76). For perceptual matching in a design system, compare in OKLab before locking a token.
lightsalmon is #FFA07A, which is rgb(255, 160, 122) and hsl(17, 100%, 74%). It is one of the 148 CSS named colors defined by the CSS Color Module Level 4.
Light Salmon has a relative luminance of 0.478 on a 0–1 scale, so it is a dark color. Against white it scores 1.99:1; against black, 10.56:1.
lightsalmon reaches 10.56:1 against black, which clears WCAG 2.2 AA for normal text (4.5:1) at any size.