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Recognised as Colour

#FA8981

  • #FA8981
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FA8981 is a red with RGB values 250, 137, 129 and HSL 4°, 92%, 74%. 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

#FA8981#FA8981
HEX#FA8981
RGBrgb(250, 137, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.5373, 0.5059
RGB percentages98%, 53.7%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(4, 92.4%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(4, 48.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 45.2%, 48.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,419,201
CSS custom property--colour: #FA8981;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.398WCAG 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 8.96:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#05767E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39B80no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEB27Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7987no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 5.2Salmon · ΔE 6.7Dark salmon · ΔE 14.5Light salmon · ΔE 16.2Indian red · ΔE 16.2Coral · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 5.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81F2FA
Analogous#FA81B6, #FAC581
Triadic#81FA89, #8981FA
Split complementary#81FAC6, #81B5FA
Tetradic#B6FA81, #81F2FA, #C681FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEE5E3
Lighter +10%#FCB7B2
Darker −10%#F85B50
Darker −20%#F62D1F
Darker −30%#D91609
Darker −40%#A81107
More saturated +25%#FF857C
Less saturated −25%#EA9791

Channel breakdown

R250
G137
B129
Red250 (98%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue3.97°
Saturation (HSL)92.37%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 89 · B 81

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