Colour

#FA8596

#FA8596
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#FA8596 is a red with RGB values 250, 133, 150 and HSL 351°, 92%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FA8596#FA8596

HEX#FA8596

RGBrgb(250, 133, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.5216, 0.5882

RGB percentages98%, 52.2%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(351.3, 92.1%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.3, 46.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 46.8%, 40%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,418,198

CSS custom property--colour: #FA8596;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1

Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#057A69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B9A96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9B194no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF788Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 13.8 Salmon · ΔE 17.9 Indian red · ΔE 19 Light pink · ΔE 22.7 Dark salmon · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#85FAE9

Analogous#FA85D1, #FAAE85

Triadic#96FA85, #8596FA

Split complementary#85FAAE, #85D1FA

Tetradic#D1FA85, #85FAE9, #AE85FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEE7EA

Lighter +10%#FCB6C0

Darker −10%#F8546C

Darker −20%#F62342

Darker −30%#DD0928

Darker −40%#AC071F

More saturated +25%#FF8092

Less saturated −25%#EA95A1

Channel breakdown

R250

G133

B150

Red250 (98%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue351.28°

Saturation (HSL)92.13%

Lightness75.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 85 · B 96

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Colour values

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