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Recognised as Colour

#FAAEA1

  • #FAAEA1
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#FAAEA1 is a red with RGB values 250, 174, 161 and HSL 9°, 90%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#FAAEA1#FAAEA1
HEX#FAAEA1
RGBrgb(250, 174, 161)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6824, 0.6314
RGB percentages98%, 68.2%, 63.1%
HSLhsl(8.8, 89.9%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8.8, 35.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 30.4%, 35.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,428,705
CSS custom property--colour: #FAAEA1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.63:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#05515E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFB8A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1C7A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FFA4ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 12.9Light pink · ΔE 13.3Pink · ΔE 15.7Light salmon · ΔE 17.8Rosy brown · ΔE 20.4Light coral · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 12.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1EDFA
Analogous#FAA1C0, #FADBA1
Triadic#A1FAAE, #AEA1FA
Split complementary#A1FADA, #A1C1FA
Tetradic#C1FAA1, #A1EDFA, #DAA1FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDD8D1
Darker −10%#F78471
Darker −20%#F55B40
Darker −30%#F23110
Darker −40%#C5260A
More saturated +25%#FFAA9C
Less saturated −25%#EEB7AD

Channel breakdown

R250
G174
B161
Red250 (98%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue161 (63.1%)
Hue8.76°
Saturation (HSL)89.9%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G AE · B A1

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