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Recognised as Colour

#FEA999

  • #FEA999
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#FEA999 is a red with RGB values 254, 169, 153 and HSL 10°, 98%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#FEA999#FEA999
HEX#FEA999
RGBrgb(254, 169, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.6627, 0.6
RGB percentages99.6%, 66.3%, 60%
HSLhsl(9.5, 98.1%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9.5, 39.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 33.5%, 39.8%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,689,561
CSS custom property--colour: #FEA999;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51747WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.35:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#015666

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCB498no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0C598no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9DA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 9.9Light salmon · ΔE 13.8Light pink · ΔE 16.6Light coral · ΔE 17.4Pink · ΔE 19.6Salmon · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 9.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99EEFE
Analogous#FE99BC, #FEDC99
Triadic#99FEA9, #A999FE
Split complementary#99FEDC, #99BBFE
Tetradic#BCFE99, #99EEFE, #DC99FE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFEFE
Lighter +10%#FED4CC
Darker −10%#FE7E66
Darker −20%#FD5434
Darker −30%#FC2A02
Darker −40%#C92202
More saturated +25%#FFA898
Less saturated −25%#F1B2A6

Channel breakdown

R254
G169
B153
Red254 (99.6%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue9.5°
Saturation (HSL)98.06%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G A9 · B 99

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