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Recognised as Colour

#FB8A89

  • #FB8A89
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FB8A89 is a red with RGB values 251, 138, 137 and HSL 1°, 93%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FB8A89#FB8A89
HEX#FB8A89
RGBrgb(251, 138, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.5412, 0.5373
RGB percentages98.4%, 54.1%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(0.5, 93.4%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(0.5, 45.4%, 98.4%)
CMYK0%, 45%, 45.4%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,485,001
CSS custom property--colour: #FB8A89;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.1:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#047576

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A29D88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEB387no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7B8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 3.7Salmon · ΔE 10Dark salmon · ΔE 16.5Indian red · ΔE 16.7Light salmon · ΔE 19.1Pale violetred · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 3.68, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89FAFB
Analogous#FB89C1, #FBC389
Triadic#89FB8A, #8A89FB
Split complementary#89FBC3, #89C1FB
Tetradic#C1FB89, #89FAFB, #C389FB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEECEC
Lighter +10%#FDBBBA
Darker −10%#F95958
Darker −20%#F82826
Darker −30%#E30A08
Darker −40%#B20806
More saturated +25%#FF8685
Less saturated −25%#EC9998

Channel breakdown

R251
G138
B137
Red251 (98.4%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue0.53°
Saturation (HSL)93.44%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FB · G 8A · B 89

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