Recognised as Colour

#F9EAED

#F9EAED
Red
Light
Nearest: Lavender blush

#F9EAED is a red with RGB values 249, 234, 237 and HSL 348°, 56%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender blush.

Colour values

#F9EAED#F9EAED

HEX#F9EAED

RGBrgb(249, 234, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.9176, 0.9294

RGB percentages97.6%, 91.8%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(348, 55.6%, 94.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348, 6%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 4.8%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,378,605

CSS custom property--colour: #F9EAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness238.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.02:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#061512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECECEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFEEEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FCE9EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender blush · ΔE 2.4 Misty rose · ΔE 5.6 Snow · ΔE 6.1 White smoke · ΔE 6.2 Sea shell · ΔE 6.3 Ghost white · ΔE 6.9

Nearest named CSS colourLavender blush (#FFF0F5)ΔE 2.37, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAF9F6

Analogous#F9EAF5, #F9EEEA

Triadic#EDF9EA, #EAEDF9

Split complementary#EAF9EE, #EAF5F9

Tetradic#F5F9EA, #EAF9F6, #EFEAF9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFF

Darker −10%#EEC2CB

Darker −20%#E29BA9

Darker −30%#D77387

Darker −40%#CC4B65

More saturated +25%#FCE7EB

Less saturated −25%#F6EDEF

Channel breakdown

R249

G234

B237

Red249 (97.6%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue348°

Saturation (HSL)55.56%

Lightness94.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G EA · B ED

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