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Recognised as Colour

#FA797B

  • #FA797B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FA797B is a red with RGB values 250, 121, 123 and HSL 359°, 93%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FA797B#FA797B
HEX#FA797B
RGBrgb(250, 121, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.4745, 0.4824
RGB percentages98%, 47.5%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(359.1, 92.8%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(359.1, 51.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 51.6%, 50.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,415,099
CSS custom property--colour: #FA797B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.09:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#058684

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96907Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6AB78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF667Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7.2Salmon · ΔE 7.9Indian red · ΔE 13.5Dark salmon · ΔE 22.2Pale violetred · ΔE 23.1Light salmon · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79FAF8
Analogous#FA79BB, #FAB779
Triadic#7BFA79, #797BFA
Split complementary#79FAB7, #79BCFA
Tetradic#BCFA79, #79FAF8, #B779FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEDBDC
Lighter +10%#FCAAAB
Darker −10%#F8484B
Darker −20%#F6171A
Darker −30%#D2080B
Darker −40%#A10608
More saturated +25%#FF7476
Less saturated −25%#E98A8C

Channel breakdown

R250
G121
B123
Red250 (98%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue359.07°
Saturation (HSL)92.81%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 79 · B 7B

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