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Recognised as Colour

#FAAAB9

  • #FAAAB9
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light pink

#FAAAB9 is a red with RGB values 250, 170, 185 and HSL 349°, 89%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#FAAAB9#FAAAB9
HEX#FAAAB9
RGBrgb(250, 170, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6667, 0.7255
RGB percentages98%, 66.7%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(348.8, 88.9%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(348.8, 32%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 32%, 26%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,427,705
CSS custom property--colour: #FAAAB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.52:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#055546

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B7B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9C5B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FFA4AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 4.9Pink · ΔE 9.4Rosy brown · ΔE 20.2Light coral · ΔE 22.2Pale violetred · ΔE 22.5Thistle · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 4.88, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAFAEB
Analogous#FAAAE1, #FAC3AA
Triadic#B9FAAA, #AAB9FA
Split complementary#AAFAC3, #AAE1FA
Tetradic#E1FAAA, #AAFAEB, #C3AAFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDDAE1
Darker −10%#F77A91
Darker −20%#F44A6A
Darker −30%#F21942
Darker −40%#CC0C30
More saturated +25%#FFA5B6
Less saturated −25%#EFB5C0

Channel breakdown

R250
G170
B185
Red250 (98%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue348.75°
Saturation (HSL)88.89%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G AA · B B9

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