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Colour

#FF9581

  • #FF9581
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#FF9581 is a red with RGB values 255, 149, 129 and HSL 10°, 100%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#FF9581#FF9581
HEX#FF9581
RGBrgb(255, 149, 129)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5843, 0.5059
RGB percentages100%, 58.4%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(9.5, 100%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9.5, 49.4%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 41.6%, 49.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,749,953
CSS custom property--colour: #FF9581;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.87:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#006A7E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEA47Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8BA7Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8590no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 9.2Light salmon · ΔE 9.5Dark salmon · ΔE 9.9Light coral · ΔE 11.6Indian red · ΔE 21.1Coral · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81EBFF
Analogous#FF81AC, #FFD481
Triadic#81FF95, #9581FF
Split complementary#81FFD4, #81ACFF
Tetradic#ACFF81, #81EBFF, #D481FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFEBE7
Lighter +10%#FFC0B4
Darker −10%#FF6A4E
Darker −20%#FF3F1B
Darker −30%#E72500
Darker −40%#B41D00
More saturated +25%#FF9581
Less saturated −25%#EFA091

Channel breakdown

R255
G149
B129
Red255 (100%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue9.52°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 95 · B 81

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