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Recognised as Colour

#FA8887

  • #FA8887
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FA8887 is a red with RGB values 250, 136, 135 and HSL 1°, 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

#FA8887#FA8887
HEX#FA8887
RGBrgb(250, 136, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.5333, 0.5294
RGB percentages98%, 53.3%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(0.5, 92%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(0.5, 46%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 45.6%, 46%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,418,951
CSS custom property--colour: #FA8887;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.94:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#057778

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A19B86no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDB285no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7989no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 3.1Salmon · ΔE 9.5Indian red · ΔE 16.1Dark salmon · ΔE 16.8Light salmon · ΔE 19.3Pale violetred · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 3.15, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87F9FA
Analogous#FA87C0, #FAC187
Triadic#87FA88, #8887FA
Split complementary#87FAC1, #87C0FA
Tetradic#C0FA87, #87F9FA, #C187FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEE9E9
Lighter +10%#FCB9B8
Darker −10%#F85756
Darker −20%#F62725
Darker −30%#DF0B09
Darker −40%#AE0907
More saturated +25%#FF8382
Less saturated −25%#EA9797

Channel breakdown

R250
G136
B135
Red250 (98%)
Green136 (53.3%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue0.52°
Saturation (HSL)92%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 88 · B 87

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