Colour

#FE8999

#FE8999
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#FE8999 is a red with RGB values 254, 137, 153 and HSL 352°, 98%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FE8999#FE8999

HEX#FE8999

RGBrgb(254, 137, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.5373, 0.6

RGB percentages99.6%, 53.7%, 60%

HSLhsl(351.8, 98.3%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.8, 46.1%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 46.1%, 39.8%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,681,369

CSS custom property--colour: #FE8999;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41262WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1

Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#017666

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F9E99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDB597no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF7C8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 14.9 Salmon · ΔE 17.7 Indian red · ΔE 19.9 Light pink · ΔE 21.9 Dark salmon · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#89FEEE

Analogous#FE89D3, #FEB489

Triadic#99FE89, #8999FE

Split complementary#89FEB4, #89D3FE

Tetradic#D3FE89, #89FEEE, #B489FE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFEEF0

Lighter +10%#FEBCC5

Darker −10%#FE566D

Darker −20%#FD2442

Darker −30%#EC0222

Darker −40%#B9021B

More saturated +25%#FF8898

Less saturated −25%#EF98A4

Channel breakdown

R254

G137

B153

Red254 (99.6%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue351.79°

Saturation (HSL)98.32%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G 89 · B 99

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