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Recognised as Colour

#FFA9AD

  • #FFA9AD
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light pink

#FFA9AD is a red with RGB values 255, 169, 173 and HSL 357°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#FFA9AD#FFA9AD
HEX#FFA9AD
RGBrgb(255, 169, 173)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6627, 0.6784
RGB percentages100%, 66.3%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(357.2, 100%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(357.2, 33.7%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 33.7%, 32.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,755,117
CSS custom property--colour: #FFA9AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52653WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.53:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#005652

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B6ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDC6ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FFA0ABno 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 text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 8Pink · ΔE 12.6Light coral · ΔE 17.9Dark salmon · ΔE 18.8Rosy brown · ΔE 21.1Light salmon · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 8.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9FFFB
Analogous#FFA9D8, #FFD0A9
Triadic#ADFFA9, #A9ADFF
Split complementary#A9FFD0, #A9D8FF
Tetradic#D8FFA9, #A9FFFB, #D0A9FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFDCDE
Darker −10%#FF767C
Darker −20%#FF434C
Darker −30%#FF101B
Darker −40%#DC000A
More saturated +25%#FFA9AD
Less saturated −25%#F4B4B7

Channel breakdown

R255
G169
B173
Red255 (100%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue357.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G A9 · B AD

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