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Recognised as Colour

#FF8E83

  • #FF8E83
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#FF8E83 is a red with RGB values 255, 142, 131 and HSL 5°, 100%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#FF8E83#FF8E83
HEX#FF8E83
RGBrgb(255, 142, 131)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5569, 0.5137
RGB percentages100%, 55.7%, 51.4%
HSLhsl(5.3, 100%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(5.3, 48.6%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 44.3%, 48.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,748,163
CSS custom property--colour: #FF8E83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.45:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#00717C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8A082no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B781no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7E8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 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 text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 6.8Light coral · ΔE 7.3Dark salmon · ΔE 13.7Light salmon · ΔE 14.4Indian red · ΔE 18.2Coral · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 6.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83F4FF
Analogous#FF83B6, #FFCC83
Triadic#83FF8E, #8E83FF
Split complementary#83FFCC, #83B6FF
Tetradic#B6FF83, #83F4FF, #CC83FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFEBE9
Lighter +10%#FFBCB6
Darker −10%#FF6050
Darker −20%#FF311D
Darker −30%#E91500
Darker −40%#B61000
More saturated +25%#FF8E83
Less saturated −25%#F09B93

Channel breakdown

R255
G142
B131
Red255 (100%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue131 (51.4%)
Hue5.32°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 8E · B 83

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