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Recognised as Colour

#FA5F6F

  • #FA5F6F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#FA5F6F is a red with RGB values 250, 95, 111 and HSL 354°, 94%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#FA5F6F#FA5F6F
HEX#FA5F6F
RGBrgb(250, 95, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.3725, 0.4353
RGB percentages98%, 37.3%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(353.8, 93.9%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353.8, 62%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 62%, 55.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,408,431
CSS custom property--colour: #FA5F6F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.93:1
Contrast with white3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#05A090

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85806Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACA06Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FF4266no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 17.2Indian red · ΔE 17.3Light coral · ΔE 18.4Crimson · ΔE 20.8Tomato · ΔE 23.6Pale violetred · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 17.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5FFAEA
Analogous#FA5FBD, #FA9D5F
Triadic#6FFA5F, #5F6FFA
Split complementary#5FFA9D, #5FBDFA
Tetradic#BCFA5F, #5FFAEA, #9C5FFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFF3F5
Lighter +20%#FDC2C8
Lighter +10%#FC909C
Darker −10%#F82E42
Darker −20%#EC071F
Darker −30%#BA0618
Darker −40%#890412
More saturated +25%#FF5A6B
Less saturated −25%#E5747F

Channel breakdown

R250
G95
B111
Red250 (98%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue353.81°
Saturation (HSL)93.94%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 5F · B 6F

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