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Recognised as Colour

#FF858E

  • #FF858E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FF858E is a red with RGB values 255, 133, 142 and HSL 356°, 100%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FF858E#FF858E
HEX#FF858E
RGBrgb(255, 133, 142)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5216, 0.5569
RGB percentages100%, 52.2%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(355.6, 100%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.6, 47.8%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 47.8%, 44.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,745,870
CSS custom property--colour: #FF858E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39988WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#007A71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E9B8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDB38Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7689no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 6.1Salmon · ΔE 12.8Indian red · ΔE 17.1Pale violetred · ΔE 18.5Dark salmon · ΔE 21.9Light salmon · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 6.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85FFF6
Analogous#FF85CB, #FFB985
Triadic#8EFF85, #858EFF
Split complementary#85FFB9, #85CBFF
Tetradic#CBFF85, #85FFF6, #B985FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFEBEC
Lighter +10%#FFB8BD
Darker −10%#FF525F
Darker −20%#FF1F30
Darker −30%#EB0011
Darker −40%#B8000E
More saturated +25%#FF858E
Less saturated −25%#F0949B

Channel breakdown

R255
G133
B142
Red255 (100%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue355.57°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 85 · B 8E

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