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Recognised as Colour

#FEA596

  • #FEA596
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#FEA596 is a red with RGB values 254, 165, 150 and HSL 9°, 98%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#FEA596#FEA596
HEX#FEA596
RGBrgb(254, 165, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.6471, 0.5882
RGB percentages99.6%, 64.7%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(8.7, 98.1%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8.7, 40.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 35%, 40.9%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,688,534
CSS custom property--colour: #FEA596;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.04:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#015A69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B195no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEC395no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FF99A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 9.4Light salmon · ΔE 13.2Light coral · ΔE 15.5Light pink · ΔE 17.4Salmon · ΔE 18.3Pink · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96EFFE
Analogous#FE96BB, #FED996
Triadic#96FEA5, #A596FE
Split complementary#96FED9, #96BBFE
Tetradic#BBFE96, #96EFFE, #D996FE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFCFB
Lighter +10%#FED0C9
Darker −10%#FE7A63
Darker −20%#FD4E31
Darker −30%#F92602
Darker −40%#C61E02
More saturated +25%#FFA495
Less saturated −25%#F1AEA3

Channel breakdown

R254
G165
B150
Red254 (99.6%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue8.65°
Saturation (HSL)98.11%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G A5 · B 96

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