Colour

#FF8F9D

#FF8F9D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#FF8F9D is a red with RGB values 255, 143, 157 and HSL 353°, 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 Light coral.

Colour values

#FF8F9D#FF8F9D

HEX#FF8F9D

RGBrgb(255, 143, 157)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.5608, 0.6157

RGB percentages100%, 56.1%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(352.5, 100%, 78%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.5, 43.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 43.9%, 38.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,748,445

CSS custom property--colour: #FF8F9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.67:1

Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#007062

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A4A39Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0B89Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF8394no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 15.9 Salmon · ΔE 18.3 Light pink · ΔE 19.3 Indian red · ΔE 21.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.88, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8FFFF1

Analogous#FF8FD5, #FFB98F

Triadic#9DFF8F, #8F9DFF

Split complementary#8FFFB9, #8FD5FF

Tetradic#D5FF8F, #8FFFF1, #B98FFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF5F6

Lighter +10%#FFC2CA

Darker −10%#FF5C70

Darker −20%#FF2944

Darker −30%#F5001F

Darker −40%#C20018

More saturated +25%#FF8F9D

Less saturated −25%#F19DA8

Channel breakdown

R255

G143

B157

Red255 (100%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue352.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness78.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 8F · B 9D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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