Close to Dark Salmon
#FE9986
#FE9986 is a light, vivid pink, close to the color Dark Salmon. In RGB it’s made of 99.6% red, 60% green, and 52.5% blue. Its hue is 10°, with 98% saturation and 76% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.
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Color harmonies
Combinations from the color wheel, built around #FE9986.
Split complementary
The two neighbors of the complement: contrast that’s easier to balance.
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Two complementary pairs: rich, best with one color in charge.
Open in the palette creator →Contrast & readability
WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.
White text on this color
2.08:1 FailBlack text on this color
10.11:1 AAAThis color as text on white
2.08:1 FailThis color as text on black
10.11:1 AAAHow it looks with color blindness
About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #FE9986 as they’d see it.
#FE9986 in use
A headline in this color
Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.
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Questions about #FE9986
What color is #FE9986?
#FE9986 is a light, vivid pink, close to the color Dark Salmon. In RGB it’s made of 99.6% red, 60% green, and 52.5% blue. Its hue is 10°, with 98% saturation and 76% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.
What is #FE9986 in RGB?
#FE9986 is rgb(254, 153, 134): 254 red, 153 green, and 134 blue on a 0–255 scale.
What is #FE9986 in CMYK?
Roughly cmyk(0, 40, 47, 0). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.
What Pantone is closest to #FE9986?
PANTONE 163 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.
What color goes with #FE9986?
Its complement #2DC5DC gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.