Colour

#FFA6A9

#FFA6A9
Red
Light
Nearest: Light pink

#FFA6A9 is a red with RGB values 255, 166, 169 and HSL 358°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#FFA6A9#FFA6A9

HEX#FFA6A9

RGBrgb(255, 166, 169)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.651, 0.6627

RGB percentages100%, 65.1%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(358, 100%, 82.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358, 34.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 34.9%, 33.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,754,345

CSS custom property--colour: #FFA6A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.28:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#005956

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7B4A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCC5A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9DA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 9.7 Pink · ΔE 14.3 Light coral · ΔE 16.2 Dark salmon · ΔE 17.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 21.7 Light salmon · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A6FFFC

Analogous#FFA6D5, #FFCFA6

Triadic#A9FFA6, #A6A9FF

Split complementary#A6FFD0, #A6D5FF

Tetradic#D5FFA6, #A6FFFC, #D0A6FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFD9DA

Darker −10%#FF7378

Darker −20%#FF4046

Darker −30%#FF0D15

Darker −40%#D90007

More saturated +25%#FFA6A9

Less saturated −25%#F4B1B3

Channel breakdown

R255

G166

B169

Red255 (100%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue357.98°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness82.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G A6 · B A9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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