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Recognised as Colour

#FA9D99

  • #FA9D99
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FA9D99 is a red with RGB values 250, 157, 153 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

#FA9D99#FA9D99
HEX#FA9D99
RGBrgb(250, 157, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6157, 0.6
RGB percentages98%, 61.6%, 60%
HSLhsl(2.5, 90.7%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2.5, 38.8%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 37.2%, 38.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,424,345
CSS custom property--colour: #FA9D99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.35:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#056266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0AB98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7BD98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF929Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 12Dark salmon · ΔE 13.2Light pink · ΔE 15Salmon · ΔE 17.9Light salmon · ΔE 18Pink · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99F6FA
Analogous#FA99C6, #FACD99
Triadic#99FA9D, #9D99FA
Split complementary#99FACE, #99C5FA
Tetradic#C6FA99, #99F6FA, #CD99FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFAFA
Lighter +10%#FCCCCA
Darker −10%#F86E68
Darker −20%#F54038
Darker −30%#EE150C
Darker −40%#BE1109
More saturated +25%#FF9894
Less saturated −25%#EDA9A6

Channel breakdown

R250
G157
B153
Red250 (98%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue2.47°
Saturation (HSL)90.65%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 9D · B 99

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