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Recognised as Colour

#FAA198

  • #FAA198
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#FAA198 is a red with RGB values 250, 161, 152 and HSL 6°, 91%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#FAA198#FAA198
HEX#FAA198
RGBrgb(250, 161, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6314, 0.5961
RGB percentages98%, 63.1%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(5.5, 90.7%, 78.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(5.5, 39.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 35.6%, 39.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,425,368
CSS custom property--colour: #FAA198;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48081WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.62:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#055E67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4AE97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9BF97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#FF969Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 11.2Light coral · ΔE 13.9Light pink · ΔE 15.3Light salmon · ΔE 16.1Salmon · ΔE 18.6Pink · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 11.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98F1FA
Analogous#FA98C0, #FAD298
Triadic#98FAA1, #A198FA
Split complementary#98FAD2, #98C0FA
Tetradic#C0FA98, #98F1FA, #D298FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFAF9
Lighter +10%#FCCDC9
Darker −10%#F87567
Darker −20%#F54837
Darker −30%#ED200C
Darker −40%#BD1A09
More saturated +25%#FF9D93
Less saturated −25%#ECACA6

Channel breakdown

R250
G161
B152
Red250 (98%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue5.51°
Saturation (HSL)90.74%
Lightness78.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G A1 · B 98

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