Colour

#FF969E

#FF969E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#FF969E is a red with RGB values 255, 150, 158 and HSL 355°, 100%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FF969E#FF969E

HEX#FF969E

RGBrgb(255, 150, 158)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.5882, 0.6196

RGB percentages100%, 58.8%, 62%

HSLhsl(355.4, 100%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.4, 41.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 41.2%, 38%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,750,238

CSS custom property--colour: #FF969E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.11:1

Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#006961

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AAA79Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4BC9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF8A99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 10 Light pink · ΔE 16.5 Salmon · ΔE 17.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 18.7 Dark salmon · ΔE 19.3 Pink · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 10.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#96FFF7

Analogous#FF96D3, #FFC396

Triadic#9EFF96, #969EFF

Split complementary#96FFC3, #96D3FF

Tetradic#D3FF96, #96FFF7, #C396FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFCFC

Lighter +10%#FFC9CD

Darker −10%#FF636F

Darker −20%#FF3040

Darker −30%#FC0013

Darker −40%#C9000F

More saturated +25%#FF969E

Less saturated −25%#F2A3A9

Channel breakdown

R255

G150

B158

Red255 (100%)

Green150 (58.8%)

Blue158 (62%)

Hue355.43°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 96 · B 9E

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