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Recognised as Colour

#FF8C9A

  • #FF8C9A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FF8C9A is a red with RGB values 255, 140, 154 and HSL 353°, 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 Light coral.

Colour values

#FF8C9A#FF8C9A
HEX#FF8C9A
RGBrgb(255, 140, 154)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.549, 0.6039
RGB percentages100%, 54.9%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(352.7, 100%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(352.7, 45.1%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 45.1%, 39.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,747,674
CSS custom property--colour: #FF8C9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.4 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#007365

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A09Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFB798no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7F91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 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

Light coral · ΔE 9.1Pale violetred · ΔE 15.8Salmon · ΔE 17.3Indian red · ΔE 20.3Light pink · ΔE 20.8Dark salmon · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CFFF1
Analogous#FF8CD4, #FFB88C
Triadic#9AFF8C, #8C9AFF
Split complementary#8CFFB8, #8CD4FF
Tetradic#D3FF8C, #8CFFF1, #B78CFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFF2F4
Lighter +10%#FFBFC7
Darker −10%#FF596D
Darker −20%#FF2640
Darker −30%#F2001D
Darker −40%#BF0017
More saturated +25%#FF8C9A
Less saturated −25%#F19AA5

Channel breakdown

R255
G140
B154
Red255 (100%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue352.7°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 8C · B 9A

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