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Colour

#FF79BB

  • #FF79BB
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Hot pink

#FF79BB is a red with RGB values 255, 121, 187 and HSL 330°, 100%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Hot pink.

Colour values

#FF79BB#FF79BB
HEX#FF79BB
RGBrgb(255, 121, 187)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.4745, 0.7333
RGB percentages100%, 47.5%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(330.4, 100%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330.4, 52.5%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 52.5%, 26.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,742,843
CSS custom property--colour: #FF79BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.7:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#008644

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8998BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB0B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7392no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Hot pink · ΔE 7Pale violetred · ΔE 18.1Orchid · ΔE 25Violet · ΔE 26.7Medium violet red · ΔE 27.5Plum · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourHot pink (#FF69B4)ΔE 6.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79FFBD
Analogous#FF79FE, #FF7A79
Triadic#BBFF79, #79BBFF
Split complementary#79FF7A, #79FEFF
Tetradic#FEFF79, #79FFBD, #7A79FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFDFEF
Lighter +10%#FFACD5
Darker −10%#FF46A1
Darker −20%#FF1387
Darker −30%#DF006E
Darker −40%#AC0055
More saturated +25%#FF79BB
Less saturated −25%#EE8ABB

Channel breakdown

R255
G121
B187
Red255 (100%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue330.45°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 79 · B BB

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