Recognised as Colour

#FAAEC9

#FAAEC9
Red
Light
Nearest: Light pink

#FAAEC9 is a red with RGB values 250, 174, 201 and HSL 339°, 88%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#FAAEC9#FAAEC9

HEX#FAAEC9

RGBrgb(250, 174, 201)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6824, 0.7882

RGB percentages98%, 68.2%, 78.8%

HSLhsl(338.7, 88.4%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.7, 30.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 30.4%, 19.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,428,745

CSS custom property--colour: #FAAEC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.96:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#055136

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7BCCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9C8C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFABB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 8.6 Pink · ΔE 10.5 Thistle · ΔE 19.6 Plum · ΔE 20.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 23 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 8.56, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AEFADF

Analogous#FAAEEF, #FAB9AE

Triadic#C9FAAE, #AEC9FA

Split complementary#AEFAB9, #AEEFFA

Tetradic#EFFAAE, #AEFADF, #B9AEFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDDEE9

Darker −10%#F77EA9

Darker −20%#F44E89

Darker −30%#F11E69

Darker −40%#CF0D52

More saturated +25%#FFA9C8

Less saturated −25%#EFB9CC

Channel breakdown

R250

G174

B201

Red250 (98%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue201 (78.8%)

Hue338.68°

Saturation (HSL)88.37%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G AE · B C9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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