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Recognised as Colour

#FF8AAA

  • #FF8AAA
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#FF8AAA is a red with RGB values 255, 138, 170 and HSL 344°, 100%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#FF8AAA#FF8AAA
HEX#FF8AAA
RGBrgb(255, 138, 170)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5412, 0.6667
RGB percentages100%, 54.1%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(343.6, 100%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(343.6, 45.9%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 45.9%, 33.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,747,178
CSS custom property--colour: #FF8AAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.47:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#007555

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DA1ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBB6A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8095no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 11.1Light coral · ΔE 17.7Light pink · ΔE 22.1Hot pink · ΔE 22.4Indian red · ΔE 26Salmon · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 11.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AFFDF
Analogous#FF8AE4, #FFA58A
Triadic#AAFF8A, #8AAAFF
Split complementary#8AFFA5, #8AE4FF
Tetradic#E4FF8A, #8AFFDF, #A58AFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFF0F4
Lighter +10%#FFBDCF
Darker −10%#FF5785
Darker −20%#FF2460
Darker −30%#F00042
Darker −40%#BD0034
More saturated +25%#FF8AAA
Less saturated −25%#F099B1

Channel breakdown

R255
G138
B170
Red255 (100%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue343.59°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 8A · B AA

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