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Recognised as Colour

#F9ADAA

  • #F9ADAA
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light pink

#F9ADAA is a red with RGB values 249, 173, 170 and HSL 2°, 87%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#F9ADAA#F9ADAA
HEX#F9ADAA
RGBrgb(249, 173, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.6784, 0.6667
RGB percentages97.6%, 67.8%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(2.3, 86.8%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2.3, 31.7%, 97.6%)
CMYK0%, 30.5%, 31.7%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,362,922
CSS custom property--colour: #F9ADAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52929WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.59:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#065255

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCB8A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEC6A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FFA5ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 8.4Pink · ΔE 11.6Dark salmon · ΔE 16.9Rosy brown · ΔE 18.7Light coral · ΔE 20.4Light salmon · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 8.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAF6F9
Analogous#F9AACE, #F9D5AA
Triadic#AAF9AD, #ADAAF9
Split complementary#AAF9D4, #AACFF9
Tetradic#CFF9AA, #AAF6F9, #D4AAF9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCDBDA
Darker −10%#F67F7A
Darker −20%#F2514B
Darker −30%#EF231B
Darker −40%#C9150E
More saturated +25%#FFA7A4
Less saturated −25%#EEB8B5

Channel breakdown

R249
G173
B170
Red249 (97.6%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue2.28°
Saturation (HSL)86.81%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F9 · G AD · B AA

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