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Recognised as Colour

#FA9F84

  • #FA9F84
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#FA9F84 is a red with RGB values 250, 159, 132 and HSL 14°, 92%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#FA9F84#FA9F84
HEX#FA9F84
RGBrgb(250, 159, 132)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6235, 0.5176
RGB percentages98%, 62.4%, 51.8%
HSLhsl(13.7, 92.2%, 74.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(13.7, 47.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 36.4%, 47.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,424,836
CSS custom property--colour: #FA9F84;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.36:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#05607B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5AB82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBBD83no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9198no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 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 text10.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 5.1Light salmon · ΔE 6.4Salmon · ΔE 15.8Light coral · ΔE 16.7Sandy brown · ΔE 20.2Burlywood · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 5.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84DFFA
Analogous#FA84A4, #FADA84
Triadic#84FA9F, #9F84FA
Split complementary#84FADA, #84A4FA
Tetradic#A4FA84, #84DFFA, #DA84FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEECE6
Lighter +10%#FCC5B5
Darker −10%#F87953
Darker −20%#F65222
Darker −30%#DC3909
Darker −40%#AB2C07
More saturated +25%#FF9C7F
Less saturated −25%#EAA894

Channel breakdown

R250
G159
B132
Red250 (98%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue132 (51.8%)
Hue13.73°
Saturation (HSL)92.19%
Lightness74.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 9F · B 84

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