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Recognised as Colour

#FAA8A6

  • #FAA8A6
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light pink

#FAA8A6 is a red with RGB values 250, 168, 166 and HSL 1°, 89%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#FAA8A6#FAA8A6
HEX#FAA8A6
RGBrgb(250, 168, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6588, 0.651
RGB percentages98%, 65.9%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(1.4, 89.4%, 81.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(1.4, 33.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 32.8%, 33.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,427,174
CSS custom property--colour: #FAA8A6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.22:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#055759

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B4A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCC4A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9FA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 9.6Pink · ΔE 13.5Dark salmon · ΔE 16Light coral · ΔE 17.7Rosy brown · ΔE 19.7Light salmon · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 9.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6F8FA
Analogous#FAA6CE, #FAD2A6
Triadic#A6FAA8, #A8A6FA
Split complementary#A6FAD2, #A6CEFA
Tetradic#CEFAA6, #A6F8FA, #D2A6FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDD7D6
Darker −10%#F77976
Darker −20%#F54A45
Darker −30%#F21A15
Darker −40%#C9100B
More saturated +25%#FFA3A1
Less saturated −25%#EEB3B2

Channel breakdown

R250
G168
B166
Red250 (98%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue1.43°
Saturation (HSL)89.36%
Lightness81.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G A8 · B A6

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