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Colour

#FF9998

  • #FF9998
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FF9998 is a red with RGB values 255, 153, 152 and HSL 1°, 100%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FF9998#FF9998
HEX#FF9998
RGBrgb(255, 153, 152)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6, 0.5961
RGB percentages100%, 60%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(0.6, 100%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(0.6, 40.4%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 40%, 40.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,751,000
CSS custom property--colour: #FF9998;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46309WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.26:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#006667

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEA997no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7BD96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8D99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.4Dark salmon · ΔE 15Salmon · ΔE 15.5Light pink · ΔE 17.2Light salmon · ΔE 18.7Pink · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98FEFF
Analogous#FF98CB, #FFCC98
Triadic#98FF99, #9998FF
Split complementary#98FFCD, #98CAFF
Tetradic#CBFF98, #98FEFF, #CD98FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFEFE
Lighter +10%#FFCCCB
Darker −10%#FF6665
Darker −20%#FF3432
Darker −30%#FE0200
Darker −40%#CB0200
More saturated +25%#FF9998
Less saturated −25%#F2A6A5

Channel breakdown

R255
G153
B152
Red255 (100%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue0.58°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 99 · B 98

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