Inspect LightSalmon (#FFA07A) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
LightSalmon
#FFA07A
Black text reads best on this background, at 10.56:1.
LightSalmon is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #FFA07A in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(255, 160, 122) and hsl(17, 100%, 74%). Perceptually it is a light, moderately saturated color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 79% and its chroma at 0.125. It sits in the oranges at 42 degrees of OKLCH hue, and reads as a warm color.
White text only reaches 1.99:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 10.56:1. That combination of lightness and chroma makes it a workable mid-tone, the kind of value that lands in the middle of a shade scale.
The closest CSS named colors to LightSalmon, measured with CIEDE2000, are DarkSalmon (#E9967A), Coral (#FF7F50), SandyBrown (#F4A460). If LightSalmon is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#FFA07A
RGB
rgb(255, 160, 122)
HSL
hsl(17, 100%, 74%)
HWB
hwb(17 48% 0%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 37%, 52%, 0%)
LAB
lab(75.22 33.5 35.33)
LCH
lch(75.22 48.69 46.52)
OKLCH
oklch(79.38% 0.1248 42.42)
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #FFA07A white text measures 1.99:1 and black text 10.56:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on LightSalmon
WCAG 2.2
1.99:1
APCA
Lc 42
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on LightSalmon
WCAG 2.2
10.56:1
APCA
Lc 65
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check LightSalmon against any other color in the contrast checker.
LightSalmon sits at 79% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it up to #FFF6F3 and down to #100200, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
#FFB394
20% lighter
#FFC4AD
40% lighter
#FFD5C5
60% lighter
#FFE6DC
80% lighter
#FFF6F3
100% lighter
#D17651
20% darker
#A44E28
40% darker
#752900
60% darker
#3F1200
80% darker
#100200
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #FFA07A in the shade generator.
Hues rotated around #FFA07A in OKLCH, then pulled back into the sRGB gamut. Each swatch is labelled with the nearest CSS named color so you have a keyword to start from.
LightSalmon sits at 42 degrees. Rotating it a half turn lands on 222 degrees, the hue directly opposite. It is the strongest pairing you can make without changing lightness, and the one most likely to vibrate if you use both at full chroma.
The neighbors of LightSalmon at 12 and 72 degrees. They stay close enough to read as the same family, which is what you want for hover states, secondary surfaces and gradients.
42, 162 and 282 degrees divide the wheel into thirds. Balanced enough to carry a whole palette without one color dominating the other two.
Instead of the complement at 222 degrees, this pair flanks it at 192 and 252. You keep most of the contrast of a complementary pairing while losing the harshness.
Explore more combinations around LightSalmon on the color wheel.
The biggest shift is under deuteranopia, where #FFA07A reads as #CCB97A, 23.6 CIEDE2000 units away. If LightSalmon is the only thing marking a state or a series, roughly one viewer in twelve will miss it.
Protanopia
#B6A778
Deuteranopia
#CCB97A
Tritanopia
#FF9395
Achromatopsia
#B2B1B1
The nearest CSS keywords to #FFA07A, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.