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Recognised as Colour

#FF8CAA

  • #FF8CAA
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#FF8CAA is a red with RGB values 255, 140, 170 and HSL 344°, 100%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#FF8CAA#FF8CAA
HEX#FF8CAA
RGBrgb(255, 140, 170)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.549, 0.6667
RGB percentages100%, 54.9%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(344.3, 100%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(344.3, 45.1%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 45.1%, 33.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,747,690
CSS custom property--colour: #FF8CAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.58:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#007355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA2ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCB7A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8297no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 11.5Light coral · ΔE 17Light pink · ΔE 21Hot pink · ΔE 23.6Pink · ΔE 25.5Salmon · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 11.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CFFE1
Analogous#FF8CE4, #FFA88C
Triadic#AAFF8C, #8CAAFF
Split complementary#8CFFA8, #8CE4FF
Tetradic#E3FF8C, #8CFFE1, #A78CFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFF2F5
Lighter +10%#FFBFD0
Darker −10%#FF5984
Darker −20%#FF265F
Darker −30%#F2003F
Darker −40%#BF0032
More saturated +25%#FF8CAA
Less saturated −25%#F19AB1

Channel breakdown

R255
G140
B170
Red255 (100%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue344.35°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 8C · B AA

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