Recognised as Colour

#F09599

#F09599
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#F09599 is a red with RGB values 240, 149, 153 and HSL 357°, 75%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#F09599#F09599

HEX#F09599

RGBrgb(240, 149, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.5843, 0.6

RGB percentages94.1%, 58.4%, 60%

HSLhsl(357.4, 75.2%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.4, 37.9%, 94.1%)

CMYK0%, 37.9%, 36.3%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,766,937

CSS custom property--colour: #F09599;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.46:1

Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#0F6A66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A6A399no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDB597no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF8B97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 11.9 Light pink · ΔE 14.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 16.6 Pink · ΔE 18.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 19.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#95F0EC

Analogous#F095C7, #F0BF95

Triadic#99F095, #9599F0

Split complementary#95F0BF, #95C7F0

Tetradic#C6F095, #95F0EC, #BE95F0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDEEEF

Lighter +10%#F6C2C4

Darker −10%#EA686E

Darker −20%#E33C43

Darker −30%#CF1D25

Darker −40%#A2171D

More saturated +25%#FF868B

Less saturated −25%#E1A4A7

Channel breakdown

R240

G149

B153

Red240 (94.1%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue357.36°

Saturation (HSL)75.21%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F0 · G 95 · B 99

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Colour values

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