Colour

#FFBAAD

#FFBAAD
Red
Light
Nearest: Light pink

#FFBAAD is a red with RGB values 255, 186, 173 and HSL 10°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#FFBAAD#FFBAAD

HEX#FFBAAD

RGBrgb(255, 186, 173)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.7294, 0.6784

RGB percentages100%, 72.9%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(9.5, 100%, 83.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.5, 32.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 27.1%, 32.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,759,469

CSS custom property--colour: #FFBAAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59395WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.88:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#004552

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9C2ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9D0ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFB1B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 12.4 Pink · ΔE 13.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 17 Peach puff · ΔE 17.7 Tan · ΔE 20.9 Light salmon · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 12.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ADF2FF

Analogous#FFADC9, #FFE3AD

Triadic#ADFFBA, #BAADFF

Split complementary#ADFFE3, #ADC9FF

Tetradic#C9FFAD, #ADF2FF, #E3ADFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFE5E0

Darker −10%#FF8F7A

Darker −20%#FF6447

Darker −30%#FF3914

Darker −40%#E02400

More saturated +25%#FFBAAD

Less saturated −25%#F5C1B7

Channel breakdown

R255

G186

B173

Red255 (100%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue9.51°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G BA · B AD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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