Colour

#FF9D85

#FF9D85
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#FF9D85 is a red with RGB values 255, 157, 133 and HSL 12°, 100%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FF9D85#FF9D85

HEX#FF9D85

RGBrgb(255, 157, 133)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6157, 0.5216

RGB percentages100%, 61.6%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(11.8, 100%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.8, 47.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 38.4%, 47.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,752,005

CSS custom property--colour: #FF9D85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47067WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.41:1

Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#00627A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4AA83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCBE84no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF8E97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 7 Dark salmon · ΔE 7.3 Salmon · ΔE 13.2 Light coral · ΔE 14.6 Sandy brown · ΔE 21.7 Coral · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 7.01, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#85E7FF

Analogous#FF85AA, #FFDA85

Triadic#85FF9D, #9D85FF

Split complementary#85FFDA, #85AAFF

Tetradic#AAFF85, #85E7FF, #DA85FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFEFEB

Lighter +10%#FFC6B8

Darker −10%#FF7452

Darker −20%#FF4B1F

Darker −30%#EB2E00

Darker −40%#B82400

More saturated +25%#FF9D85

Less saturated −25%#F0A694

Channel breakdown

R255

G157

B133

Red255 (100%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue11.8°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 9D · B 85

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Colour values

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