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Recognised as Colour

#FC738E

  • #FC738E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FC738E is a red with RGB values 252, 115, 142 and HSL 348°, 96%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FC738E#FC738E
HEX#FC738E
RGBrgb(252, 115, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.451, 0.5569
RGB percentages98.8%, 45.1%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(348.2, 95.8%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(348.2, 54.4%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 54.4%, 43.7%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,544,654
CSS custom property--colour: #FC738E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#038C71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F8F8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2AA8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FF627Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 14.5Pale violetred · ΔE 15.1Indian red · ΔE 19.1Salmon · ΔE 20.3Hot pink · ΔE 23.9Light pink · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 14.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73FCE1
Analogous#FC73D3, #FC9D73
Triadic#8EFC73, #738EFC
Split complementary#73FC9D, #73D3FC
Tetradic#D2FC73, #73FCE1, #9C73FC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FED7DF
Lighter +10%#FDA5B6
Darker −10%#FB4166
Darker −20%#FA0F3D
Darker −30%#D2042D
Darker −40%#A00322
More saturated +25%#FF708C
Less saturated −25%#EA8599

Channel breakdown

R252
G115
B142
Red252 (98.8%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue348.18°
Saturation (HSL)95.8%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G 73 · B 8E

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