Colour

#FF9CA3

#FF9CA3
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#FF9CA3 is a red with RGB values 255, 156, 163 and HSL 356°, 100%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FF9CA3#FF9CA3

HEX#FF9CA3

RGBrgb(255, 156, 163)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6118, 0.6392

RGB percentages100%, 61.2%, 63.9%

HSLhsl(355.8, 100%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.8, 38.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 38.8%, 36.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,751,779

CSS custom property--colour: #FF9CA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47681WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.54:1

Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#00635C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFACA3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7BFA1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF919Fno 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 text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 12.4 Light pink · ΔE 13.7 Pink · ΔE 18.5 Dark salmon · ΔE 18.8 Salmon · ΔE 19.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 12.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9CFFF8

Analogous#FF9CD5, #FFC79C

Triadic#A3FF9C, #9CA3FF

Split complementary#9CFFC6, #9CD5FF

Tetradic#D5FF9C, #9CFFF8, #C69CFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFCFD2

Darker −10%#FF6974

Darker −20%#FF3644

Darker −30%#FF0315

Darker −40%#CF000F

More saturated +25%#FF9CA3

Less saturated −25%#F3A8AE

Channel breakdown

R255

G156

B163

Red255 (100%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue163 (63.9%)

Hue355.76°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness80.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 9C · B A3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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