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Recognised as Colour

#FCE9EA

  • #FCE9EA
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender blush

#FCE9EA is a red with RGB values 252, 233, 234 and HSL 357°, 76%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender blush.

Colour values

#FCE9EA#FCE9EA
HEX#FCE9EA
RGBrgb(252, 233, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9137, 0.9176
RGB percentages98.8%, 91.4%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(356.8, 76%, 95.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356.8, 7.5%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 7.5%, 7.1%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,574,954
CSS custom property--colour: #FCE9EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness239 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.98:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#031615

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECEBEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0EFEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE8E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender blush · ΔE 3.4Misty rose · ΔE 3.9Sea shell · ΔE 6.1Linen · ΔE 6.6Snow · ΔE 7White smoke · ΔE 7.4
Nearest named CSS colourLavender blush (#FFF0F5)ΔE 3.38, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9FCFB
Analogous#FCE9F3, #FCF2E9
Triadic#EAFCE9, #E9EAFC
Split complementary#E9FCF2, #E9F3FC
Tetradic#F3FCE9, #E9FCFB, #F2E9FC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#F6BCBF
Darker −20%#F08F94
Darker −30%#EA6269
Darker −40%#E4353F
More saturated +25%#FFE6E7
Less saturated −25%#F9ECED

Channel breakdown

R252
G233
B234
Red252 (98.8%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue356.84°
Saturation (HSL)76%
Lightness95.1%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G E9 · B EA

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