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Recognised as Colour

#FCA9AF

  • #FCA9AF
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light pink

#FCA9AF is a red with RGB values 252, 169, 175 and HSL 356°, 93%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#FCA9AF#FCA9AF
HEX#FCA9AF
RGBrgb(252, 169, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.6627, 0.6863
RGB percentages98.8%, 66.3%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(355.7, 93.3%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.7, 32.9%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 32.9%, 30.6%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,558,511
CSS custom property--colour: #FCA9AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52167WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.43:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#035650

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B6AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCC5AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FFA1ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 6.7Pink · ΔE 11.3Light coral · ΔE 19Dark salmon · ΔE 20Rosy brown · ΔE 20Pale violetred · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 6.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9FCF6
Analogous#FCA9D8, #FCCCA9
Triadic#AFFCA9, #A9AFFC
Split complementary#A9FCCD, #A9D8FC
Tetradic#D8FCA9, #A9FCF6, #CDA9FC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FEDADD
Darker −10%#FA7881
Darker −20%#F94653
Darker −30%#F71525
Darker −40%#D20716
More saturated +25%#FFA6AC
Less saturated −25%#F1B4B9

Channel breakdown

R252
G169
B175
Red252 (98.8%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue355.66°
Saturation (HSL)93.26%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G A9 · B AF

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