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Recognised as Colour

#FA9C98

  • #FA9C98
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FA9C98 is a red with RGB values 250, 156, 152 and HSL 2°, 91%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FA9C98#FA9C98
HEX#FA9C98
RGBrgb(250, 156, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6118, 0.5961
RGB percentages98%, 61.2%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(2.4, 90.7%, 78.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2.4, 39.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 37.6%, 39.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,424,088
CSS custom property--colour: #FA9C98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.27:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#056367

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFAA97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6BD96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Tritanopia#FF909Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 11.5Dark salmon · ΔE 13.1Light pink · ΔE 15.5Salmon · ΔE 17.4Light salmon · ΔE 17.9Pink · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 11.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98F6FA
Analogous#FA98C5, #FACD98
Triadic#98FA9C, #9C98FA
Split complementary#98FACD, #98C5FA
Tetradic#C5FA98, #98F6FA, #CD98FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFAF9
Lighter +10%#FCCBC9
Darker −10%#F86D67
Darker −20%#F53F37
Darker −30%#ED150C
Darker −40%#BD1109
More saturated +25%#FF9793
Less saturated −25%#ECA8A6

Channel breakdown

R250
G156
B152
Red250 (98%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue2.45°
Saturation (HSL)90.74%
Lightness78.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 9C · B 98

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