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Colour

#FFACA9

  • #FFACA9
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light pink

#FFACA9 is a red with RGB values 255, 172, 169 and HSL 2°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#FFACA9#FFACA9
HEX#FFACA9
RGBrgb(255, 172, 169)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6745, 0.6627
RGB percentages100%, 67.5%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(2.1, 100%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2.1, 33.7%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 32.5%, 33.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,755,881
CSS custom property--colour: #FFACA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.73:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#005356

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCB8A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0C8A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FFA3ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 9.6Pink · ΔE 13.3Dark salmon · ΔE 16.2Light coral · ΔE 18.4Light salmon · ΔE 20.9Rosy brown · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 9.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9FCFF
Analogous#FFA9D1, #FFD7A9
Triadic#A9FFAC, #ACA9FF
Split complementary#A9FFD7, #A9D1FF
Tetradic#D1FFA9, #A9FCFF, #D7A9FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFDDDC
Darker −10%#FF7B76
Darker −20%#FF4A43
Darker −30%#FF1810
Darker −40%#DC0800
More saturated +25%#FFACA9
Less saturated −25%#F4B6B4

Channel breakdown

R255
G172
B169
Red255 (100%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue2.09°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G AC · B A9

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