#fb8478 Color Information

#fb8478 Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #fb8478. In RGB, it consists of 98.4% Red, 51.8% Green, and 47.1% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 47.4% Magenta, 52.2% Yellow, and 1.6% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 5.5°, with saturation of 94.2% and lightness of 72.7%. The decimal value for #fb8478 is 16483448, and its nearest "web safe" color is #ff9966. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #fb8478 is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is yellow. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is red.
  • HexHex code for this color#fb8478 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color251, 132, 120 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color98.4%, 51.8%, 47.1% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.016, 0.482, 0.529 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.474, 0.522, 0.016 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color5.5°, 94.2%, 72.7% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color5.5°, 52.2%, 98.4% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color51.425, 38.368, 22.465 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color251, 133, 120 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code16483448 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color68.291, 44.104, 27.149 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)68.291, 51.790, 31.616 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color68.291, 87.371, 25.735 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color61.942, 39.796, 21.856 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.458, 0.342, 38.368 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4294673528 / 0xfffb8478 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#ff9966 Copy
Last Updated: May 28, 2025

Shades of #fb8478

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #fb8478, its pure hue is 5.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 94.2%, and its lightness is 72.7%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #fb8478, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #1f110f to #dc7469.

Tints of #fb8478

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #fb8478, its pure hue is 5.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 94.2%, and its lightness is 72.7%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #fb8478, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #fc9389 to #fff0ee.

Tones of #fb8478

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #fb8478, its pure hue is 5.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 94.2%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #fb8478, which range from #bababa (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #ff8174 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #fb8478

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #fb8478! For #fb8478, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #fb8478. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #fb8478

This color, #fb8478, consists of 98.4% Red, 51.8% Green, and 47.1% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 251, Green = 132, Blue = 120. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #fb8478 is 0% Cyan, 47.4% Magenta, 52.2% Yellow, and 1.6% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R98.4%
C0.0%
G51.8%
M47.4%
B47.1%
Y52.2%
K1.6%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 251 132 120
Octal 373 204 170
Hexa #fb #84 #78
Binary 11111011 10000100 01111000
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 47 52 1
Octal 0 57 64 1
Hexa #00 #2f #34 #01
Binary 00000000 00101111 00110100 00000001

Analogous Colors of #fb8478

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #fb8478 — which has hue 5.5° — its analogous colors are located at 5.5° and 335.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fb8478.

Triadic Colors of #fb8478

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #fb8478 — which has hue 5.5° — its triadic colors are located at 5.5° and 245.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fb8478.

Complementary Color of #fb8478

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #fb8478 — which has hue 5.5° — its complementary color is located at 185.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fb8478.

Split Complementary Colors of #fb8478

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #fb8478 — which has hue 5.5° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 5.5° and 215.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fb8478.

Tetradic Colors of #fb8478

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #fb8478 — which has hue 5.5° — its tetradic colors are located at 275.5°, 5.5°, 95.5°, and 185.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fb8478.

Monochromatic Colors of #fb8478

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #fb8478, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #f64938 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #fec1bb (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #fb8478

We want to make getting started with #fb8478 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #fb8478 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #fb8478 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #fb8478 with other HTML elements.

#fb8478 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #fb8478.
<span style="color: #fb8478;">The color of this text is #fb8478.</span>

#fb8478 Background Color

The background color for this text is #fb8478.
<div style="background-color: #fb8478; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #fb8478.</div>

#fb8478 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #fb8478.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #fb8478;">This color for the shadow of this text is #fb8478.</span>

#fb8478 Border Color

This is a div with border color #fb8478.
<div style="border: #fb8478 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #fb8478.</div>

#fb8478 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #fb8478 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #fb8478; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #fb8478 on a white background.</div></div>

#fb8478 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #fb8478 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #fb8478; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #fb8478 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #fb8478 to White

This is a gradient from #fb8478 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#fb8478,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#fb8478,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#fb8478,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#fb8478,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #fb8478 to white.</div>

Gradient from #fb8478 to Black

This is a gradient from #fb8478 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#fb8478,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#fb8478,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#fb8478,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#fb8478,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #fb8478 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #fb8478

In addition to using #fb8478 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #fb8478 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #fb8478, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 251, Green = 132, Blue = 120). If you need details about the color coordinates of #fb8478 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #fb8478
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(251, 132, 120)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #fb8478; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #fb8478; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #fb8478; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(251, 132, 120);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#fb8478")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:251, green:132, blue:120, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:251 green:132 blue:120 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(251f, 132f, 120f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(251, 132, 120);
 

#fb8478 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #fb8478 the same way. For those with color blindness, #fb8478 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #fb8478 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #fb8478 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #fb8478 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #fb8478 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #fb8478 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.4:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AA
Large Size Text

WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
Large Size Text