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Recognised as Colour

#F28E89

  • #F28E89
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#F28E89 is a red with RGB values 242, 142, 137 and HSL 3°, 80%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#F28E89#F28E89
HEX#F28E89
RGBrgb(242, 142, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.5569, 0.5373
RGB percentages94.9%, 55.7%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(2.9, 80.2%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2.9, 43.4%, 94.9%)
CMYK0%, 41.3%, 43.4%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,896,201
CSS custom property--colour: #F28E89;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#0D7176

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39D88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCB287no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF818Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 6.5Dark salmon · ΔE 12.5Salmon · ΔE 12.9Light salmon · ΔE 17.3Indian red · ΔE 18Light pink · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 6.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89EDF2
Analogous#F289B8, #F2C389
Triadic#89F28E, #8E89F2
Split complementary#89F2C3, #89B8F2
Tetradic#B8F289, #89EDF2, #C389F2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCE6E5
Lighter +10%#F7BAB7
Darker −10%#ED625B
Darker −20%#E8362D
Darker −30%#CC1F16
Darker −40%#9E1811
More saturated +25%#FF827C
Less saturated −25%#E29D99

Channel breakdown

R242
G142
B137
Red242 (94.9%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue2.86°
Saturation (HSL)80.15%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F2 · G 8E · B 89

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