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Recognised as Colour

#F9757E

  • #F9757E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#F9757E is a red with RGB values 249, 117, 126 and HSL 356°, 92%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#F9757E#F9757E
HEX#F9757E
RGBrgb(249, 117, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.4588, 0.4941
RGB percentages97.6%, 45.9%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(355.9, 91.7%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.9, 53%, 97.6%)
CMYK0%, 53%, 49.4%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,348,542
CSS custom property--colour: #F9757E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.87:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#068A81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#928E7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3A97Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FF6279no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8.4Salmon · ΔE 11.3Indian red · ΔE 13.7Pale violetred · ΔE 20.6Dark salmon · ΔE 24.8Light salmon · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 8.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75F9F0
Analogous#F975C0, #F9AE75
Triadic#7EF975, #757EF9
Split complementary#75F9AE, #75C0F9
Tetradic#C0F975, #75F9F0, #AE75F9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDD7D9
Lighter +10%#FBA6AC
Darker −10%#F74450
Darker −20%#F51323
Darker −30%#CC0916
Darker −40%#9B0711
More saturated +25%#FF6F79
Less saturated −25%#E7878E

Channel breakdown

R249
G117
B126
Red249 (97.6%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue355.91°
Saturation (HSL)91.67%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F9 · G 75 · B 7E

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