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Colour

#FA8A75

  • #FA8A75
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#FA8A75 is a red with RGB values 250, 138, 117 and HSL 9°, 93%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#FA8A75#FA8A75
HEX#FA8A75
RGBrgb(250, 138, 117)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.5412, 0.4588
RGB percentages98%, 54.1%, 45.9%
HSLhsl(9.5, 93%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9.5, 53.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 44.8%, 53.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,419,445
CSS custom property--colour: #FA8A75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39785WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.3 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#05758A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A59B73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0B273no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7885no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 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

Salmon · ΔE 5.3Light coral · ΔE 11.3Light salmon · ΔE 11.4Dark salmon · ΔE 12.5Coral · ΔE 18.1Indian red · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 5.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75E5FA
Analogous#FA75A2, #FACC75
Triadic#75FA8A, #8A75FA
Split complementary#75FACC, #75A3FA
Tetradic#A3FA75, #75E5FA, #CC75FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEDDD7
Lighter +10%#FCB4A6
Darker −10%#F86044
Darker −20%#F63713
Darker −30%#CF2707
Darker −40%#9D1E06
More saturated +25%#FF8770
Less saturated −25%#E89687

Channel breakdown

R250
G138
B117
Red250 (98%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue117 (45.9%)
Hue9.47°
Saturation (HSL)93.01%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 8A · B 75

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