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Recognised as Colour

#FC56A4

  • #FC56A4
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Hot pink

#FC56A4 is a red with RGB values 252, 86, 164 and HSL 332°, 97%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Hot pink.

Colour values

#FC56A4#FC56A4
HEX#FC56A4
RGBrgb(252, 86, 164)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.3373, 0.6431
RGB percentages98.8%, 33.7%, 64.3%
HSLhsl(331.8, 96.5%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(331.8, 65.9%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 65.9%, 34.9%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,537,252
CSS custom property--colour: #FC56A4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30031WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#03A95B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7382A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A0A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FF4876no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Hot pink · ΔE 7.2Deep pink · ΔE 16.4Medium violet red · ΔE 18.8Pale violetred · ΔE 24.9Orchid · ΔE 30.6Violet · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourHot pink (#FF69B4)ΔE 7.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56FCAE
Analogous#FC56F7, #FC5B56
Triadic#A4FC56, #56A4FC
Split complementary#56FC5B, #56F7FC
Tetradic#F7FC56, #56FCAE, #5B56FC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFECF5
Lighter +20%#FEBADA
Lighter +10%#FD88BF
Darker −10%#FB2489
Darker −20%#E8046F
Darker −30%#B60357
Darker −40%#84023F
More saturated +25%#FF53A4
Less saturated −25%#E76CA5

Channel breakdown

R252
G86
B164
Red252 (98.8%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue164 (64.3%)
Hue331.81°
Saturation (HSL)96.51%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G 56 · B A4

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