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Recognised as Colour

#FF8EAF

  • #FF8EAF
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#FF8EAF is a red with RGB values 255, 142, 175 and HSL 342°, 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

#FF8EAF#FF8EAF
HEX#FF8EAF
RGBrgb(255, 142, 175)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5569, 0.6863
RGB percentages100%, 55.7%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(342.5, 100%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(342.5, 44.3%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 44.3%, 31.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,748,207
CSS custom property--colour: #FF8EAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.74:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#007150

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0A4B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCB9ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FF869Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 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 text9.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 11.6Light coral · ΔE 19Light pink · ΔE 20.6Hot pink · ΔE 22.9Pink · ΔE 25Plum · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 11.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EFFDE
Analogous#FF8EE7, #FFA58E
Triadic#AFFF8E, #8EAFFF
Split complementary#8EFFA5, #8EE8FF
Tetradic#E8FF8E, #8EFFDE, #A68EFF

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%#FF5B8B
Darker −20%#FF2867
Darker −30%#F40047
Darker −40%#C10038
More saturated +25%#FF8EAF
Less saturated −25%#F19CB5

Channel breakdown

R255
G142
B175
Red255 (100%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue342.48°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 8E · B AF

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