Colour

#FF8A8C

#FF8A8C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#FF8A8C is a red with RGB values 255, 138, 140 and HSL 359°, 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

#FF8A8C#FF8A8C

HEX#FF8A8C

RGBrgb(255, 138, 140)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.5412, 0.549

RGB percentages100%, 54.1%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(359, 100%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359, 45.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 45.9%, 45.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,747,148

CSS custom property--colour: #FF8A8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.3 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#007573

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A39E8Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0B58Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF7B8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 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 4.6 Salmon · ΔE 10.6 Indian red · ΔE 17.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 18.4 Light salmon · ΔE 20.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 4.56, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8AFFFD

Analogous#FF8AC7, #FFC28A

Triadic#8CFF8A, #8A8CFF

Split complementary#8AFFC2, #8AC7FF

Tetradic#C7FF8A, #8AFFFD, #C28AFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF0F0

Lighter +10%#FFBDBE

Darker −10%#FF575A

Darker −20%#FF2428

Darker −30%#F00004

Darker −40%#BD0003

More saturated +25%#FF8A8C

Less saturated −25%#F0999A

Channel breakdown

R255

G138

B140

Red255 (100%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue358.97°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 8A · B 8C

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