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Recognised as Colour

#FD8E8B

  • #FD8E8B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FD8E8B is a red with RGB values 253, 142, 139 and HSL 2°, 97%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FD8E8B#FD8E8B
HEX#FD8E8B
RGBrgb(253, 142, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.5569, 0.5451
RGB percentages99.2%, 55.7%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(1.6, 96.6%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(1.6, 45.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK0%, 43.9%, 45.1%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,617,099
CSS custom property--colour: #FD8E8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42093WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.42:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#027174

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A08Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1B689no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7F8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 5Salmon · ΔE 10.3Dark salmon · ΔE 15.3Light salmon · ΔE 17.9Indian red · ΔE 17.9Pale violetred · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 5, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BFAFD
Analogous#FD8BC1, #FDC78B
Triadic#8BFD8E, #8E8BFD
Split complementary#8BFDC7, #8BC1FD
Tetradic#C1FD8B, #8BFAFD, #C78BFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFF0EF
Lighter +10%#FEBFBD
Darker −10%#FC5D59
Darker −20%#FB2C27
Darker −30%#EB0A04
Darker −40%#B90803
More saturated +25%#FF8C89
Less saturated −25%#EE9C9A

Channel breakdown

R253
G142
B139
Red253 (99.2%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue1.58°
Saturation (HSL)96.61%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FD · G 8E · B 8B

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