Colour

#FD8A8A

#FD8A8A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#FD8A8A is a red with RGB values 253, 138, 138 and HSL 0°, 97%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

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HEX#FD8A8A

RGBrgb(253, 138, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.5412, 0.5412

RGB percentages99.2%, 54.1%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(0, 96.6%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 45.5%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 45.5%, 45.5%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,616,074

CSS custom property--colour: #FD8A8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1

Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#027575

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A39D89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFB488no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF7B8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 4 Salmon · ΔE 10 Indian red · ΔE 16.9 Dark salmon · ΔE 17.3 Light salmon · ΔE 19.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 4, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8AFDFD

Analogous#FD8AC3, #FDC38A

Triadic#8AFD8A, #8A8AFD

Split complementary#8AFDC3, #8AC3FD

Tetradic#C3FD8A, #8AFDFD, #C38AFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFEEEE

Lighter +10%#FEBCBC

Darker −10%#FC5858

Darker −20%#FB2626

Darker −30%#EA0404

Darker −40%#B80303

More saturated +25%#FF8888

Less saturated −25%#EE9999

Channel breakdown

R253

G138

B138

Red253 (99.2%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)96.64%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G 8A · B 8A

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Colour values

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