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Recognised as Colour

#FF8F9E

  • #FF8F9E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FF8F9E is a red with RGB values 255, 143, 158 and HSL 352°, 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

#FF8F9E#FF8F9E
HEX#FF8F9E
RGBrgb(255, 143, 158)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5608, 0.6196
RGB percentages100%, 56.1%, 62%
HSLhsl(352, 100%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(352, 43.9%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 43.9%, 38%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,748,446
CSS custom property--colour: #FF8F9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.2 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#007061

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A39Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0B89Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8395no 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 10.3Pale violetred · ΔE 15.5Salmon · ΔE 18.8Light pink · ΔE 19.2Indian red · ΔE 21.6Dark salmon · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 10.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FFFF0
Analogous#FF8FD6, #FFB88F
Triadic#9EFF8F, #8F9EFF
Split complementary#8FFFB8, #8FD6FF
Tetradic#D6FF8F, #8FFFF0, #B88FFF

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%#FF5C72
Darker −20%#FF2946
Darker −30%#F50021
Darker −40%#C2001A
More saturated +25%#FF8F9E
Less saturated −25%#F19DA8

Channel breakdown

R255
G143
B158
Red255 (100%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue351.96°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 8F · B 9E

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