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Recognised as Colour

#FA8A9A

  • #FA8A9A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FA8A9A is a red with RGB values 250, 138, 154 and HSL 351°, 92%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FA8A9A#FA8A9A
HEX#FA8A9A
RGBrgb(250, 138, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.5412, 0.6039
RGB percentages98%, 54.1%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(351.4, 91.8%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(351.4, 44.8%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 44.8%, 38.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,419,482
CSS custom property--colour: #FA8A9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.17:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#057565

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F9E9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBB498no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7E90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.8Pale violetred · ΔE 14Salmon · ΔE 18.7Light pink · ΔE 20.3Indian red · ΔE 20.3Dark salmon · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AFAEA
Analogous#FA8AD2, #FAB28A
Triadic#9AFA8A, #8A9AFA
Split complementary#8AFAB2, #8AD2FA
Tetradic#D2FA8A, #8AFAEA, #B28AFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEECEE
Lighter +10%#FCBBC4
Darker −10%#F85970
Darker −20%#F62846
Darker −30%#E10A28
Darker −40%#B00820
More saturated +25%#FF8596
Less saturated −25%#EB99A5

Channel breakdown

R250
G138
B154
Red250 (98%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue351.43°
Saturation (HSL)91.8%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 8A · B 9A

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