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Recognised as Colour

#FA8E70

  • #FA8E70
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FA8E70 is a red with RGB values 250, 142, 112 and HSL 13°, 93%, 71%. 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 salmon.

Colour values

#FA8E70#FA8E70
HEX#FA8E70
RGBrgb(250, 142, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.5569, 0.4392
RGB percentages98%, 55.7%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(13, 93.2%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(13, 55.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 43.2%, 55.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,420,464
CSS custom property--colour: #FA8E70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.8 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#05718F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A99D6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B46Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7C87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 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 salmon · ΔE 8.1Salmon · ΔE 9.1Dark salmon · ΔE 11.6Light coral · ΔE 15.5Coral · ΔE 15.8Sandy brown · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 8.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70DCFA
Analogous#FA7097, #FAD370
Triadic#70FA8E, #8E70FA
Split complementary#70FAD3, #7097FA
Tetradic#97FA70, #70DCFA, #D370FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDDCD3
Lighter +10%#FCB5A1
Darker −10%#F8673F
Darker −20%#F7400D
Darker −30%#CA3107
Darker −40%#992505
More saturated +25%#FF8B6B
Less saturated −25%#E79883

Channel breakdown

R250
G142
B112
Red250 (98%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue13.04°
Saturation (HSL)93.24%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 8E · B 70

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