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Recognised as Colour

#FA8899

  • #FA8899
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FA8899 is a red with RGB values 250, 136, 153 and HSL 351°, 92%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FA8899#FA8899
HEX#FA8899
RGBrgb(250, 136, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.5333, 0.6
RGB percentages98%, 53.3%, 60%
HSLhsl(351.1, 91.9%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(351.1, 45.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 45.6%, 38.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,418,969
CSS custom property--colour: #FA8899;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.05:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#057766

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D9C99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAB397no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7C8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.9Pale violetred · ΔE 13.6Salmon · ΔE 18.7Indian red · ΔE 19.9Light pink · ΔE 21.2Dark salmon · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88FAE9
Analogous#FA88D2, #FAB088
Triadic#99FA88, #8899FA
Split complementary#88FAB0, #88D2FA
Tetradic#D2FA88, #88FAE9, #B088FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEEAED
Lighter +10%#FCB9C3
Darker −10%#F8576F
Darker −20%#F62645
Darker −30%#E00929
Darker −40%#AF0720
More saturated +25%#FF8395
Less saturated −25%#EB98A4

Channel breakdown

R250
G136
B153
Red250 (98%)
Green136 (53.3%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue351.05°
Saturation (HSL)91.94%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 88 · B 99

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