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Recognised as Colour

#FF8EAE

  • #FF8EAE
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#FF8EAE is a red with RGB values 255, 142, 174 and HSL 343°, 100%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#FF8EAE#FF8EAE
HEX#FF8EAE
RGBrgb(255, 142, 174)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5569, 0.6824
RGB percentages100%, 55.7%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(343, 100%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(343, 44.3%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 44.3%, 31.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,748,206
CSS custom property--colour: #FF8EAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.73:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#007151

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0A4AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCB8ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8599no 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 text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 11.6Light coral · ΔE 18.5Light pink · ΔE 20.5Hot pink · ΔE 23.2Pink · ΔE 24.9Salmon · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 11.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EFFDF
Analogous#FF8EE6, #FFA78E
Triadic#AEFF8E, #8EAEFF
Split complementary#8EFFA7, #8EE7FF
Tetradic#E7FF8E, #8EFFDF, #A78EFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFF4F7
Lighter +10%#FFC1D3
Darker −10%#FF5B89
Darker −20%#FF2865
Darker −30%#F40045
Darker −40%#C10037
More saturated +25%#FF8EAE
Less saturated −25%#F19CB4

Channel breakdown

R255
G142
B174
Red255 (100%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue343.01°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 8E · B AE

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