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Colour

#FF8996

  • #FF8996
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FF8996 is a red with RGB values 255, 137, 150 and HSL 353°, 100%, 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

#FF8996#FF8996
HEX#FF8996
RGBrgb(255, 137, 150)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5373, 0.5882
RGB percentages100%, 53.7%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(353.4, 100%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353.4, 46.3%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 46.3%, 41.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,746,902
CSS custom property--colour: #FF8996;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41353WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.27:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#007669

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A09E96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEB594no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7B8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 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 text9.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8Salmon · ΔE 16Pale violetred · ΔE 16.4Indian red · ΔE 19.1Light pink · ΔE 22.5Dark salmon · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 8.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89FFF2
Analogous#FF89D1, #FFB789
Triadic#96FF89, #8996FF
Split complementary#89FFB7, #89D1FF
Tetradic#D1FF89, #89FFF2, #B789FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFEFF1
Lighter +10%#FFBCC3
Darker −10%#FF5669
Darker −20%#FF233B
Darker −30%#EF001A
Darker −40%#BC0015
More saturated +25%#FF8996
Less saturated −25%#F098A2

Channel breakdown

R255
G137
B150
Red255 (100%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue353.39°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 89 · B 96

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