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Recognised as Colour

#F8A290

  • #F8A290
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#F8A290 is a red with RGB values 248, 162, 144 and HSL 10°, 88%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#F8A290#F8A290
HEX#F8A290
RGBrgb(248, 162, 144)
RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.6353, 0.5647
RGB percentages97.3%, 63.5%, 56.5%
HSLhsl(10.4, 88.1%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(10.4, 41.9%, 97.3%)
CMYK0%, 34.7%, 41.9%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,294,544
CSS custom property--colour: #F8A290;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.56:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#075D6F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6AD8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CABF8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF969Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 7.3Light salmon · ΔE 12.1Light coral · ΔE 15.8Salmon · ΔE 18.3Light pink · ΔE 18.7Pink · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90E6F8
Analogous#F890B2, #F8D690
Triadic#90F8A2, #A290F8
Split complementary#90F8D6, #90B2F8
Tetradic#B2F890, #90E6F8, #D690F8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEF2F0
Lighter +10%#FBCAC0
Darker −10%#F57A60
Darker −20%#F25230
Darker −30%#E1330E
Darker −40%#B1280B
More saturated +25%#FF9D89
Less saturated −25%#E9AC9F

Channel breakdown

R248
G162
B144
Red248 (97.3%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue144 (56.5%)
Hue10.38°
Saturation (HSL)88.14%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F8 · G A2 · B 90

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