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Recognised as Colour

#FFAA9D

  • #FFAA9D
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#FFAA9D is a red with RGB values 255, 170, 157 and HSL 8°, 100%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#FFAA9D#FFAA9D
HEX#FFAA9D
RGBrgb(255, 170, 157)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6667, 0.6157
RGB percentages100%, 66.7%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(8, 100%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8, 38.4%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 33.3%, 38.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,755,357
CSS custom property--colour: #FFAA9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52444WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.49:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#005562

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDB59Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1C69Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9FA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 11.3Light pink · ΔE 15Light salmon · ΔE 15.4Light coral · ΔE 17.4Pink · ΔE 18.2Salmon · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 11.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DF2FF
Analogous#FF9DC1, #FFDB9D
Triadic#9DFFAA, #AA9DFF
Split complementary#9DFFDB, #9DC1FF
Tetradic#C1FF9D, #9DF2FF, #DB9DFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFD6D0
Darker −10%#FF7E6A
Darker −20%#FF5237
Darker −30%#FF2504
Darker −40%#D01C00
More saturated +25%#FFAA9D
Less saturated −25%#F3B3A9

Channel breakdown

R255
G170
B157
Red255 (100%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue7.96°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G AA · B 9D

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