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Colour

#FF8E6A

  • #FF8E6A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FF8E6A is a red with RGB values 255, 142, 106 and HSL 14°, 100%, 71%. 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 salmon.

Colour values

#FF8E6A#FF8E6A
HEX#FF8E6A
RGBrgb(255, 142, 106)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5569, 0.4157
RGB percentages100%, 55.7%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(14.5, 100%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(14.5, 58.4%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 44.3%, 58.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,748,138
CSS custom property--colour: #FF8E6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41647WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.33:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#007195

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AB9E67no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6B668no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7A85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 9.6Salmon · ΔE 11Coral · ΔE 11.7Dark salmon · ΔE 15.2Sandy brown · ΔE 19Light coral · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6ADBFF
Analogous#FF6A90, #FFD96A
Triadic#6AFF8E, #8E6AFF
Split complementary#6AFFD9, #6A90FF
Tetradic#90FF6A, #6ADBFF, #D96AFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFDBD0
Lighter +10%#FFB59D
Darker −10%#FF6737
Darker −20%#FF4104
Darker −30%#D03200
Darker −40%#9D2600
More saturated +25%#FF8E6A
Less saturated −25%#EC987D

Channel breakdown

R255
G142
B106
Red255 (100%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue14.5°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 8E · B 6A

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