HEX Color #F09299 (Lightcoral)

About #F09299

Visually, #F09299 is defined as a vivid red. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Lightcoral. In the RGB color space, it consists of 240 red, 146 green, and 153 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 39% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#F09299

RGB240, 146, 153

HSL355.5°, 75.8%, 75.7%

CMYK0%, 39%, 36%, 6%

HSV355.5°, 39.2%, 94.1%

LAB70.4, 36.2, 11.5

XYZ52.0, 41.4, 35.4

Decimal15766169

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#F09299 #91F0E9

Analogous

#F091C7 #F0BA91

Triadic

#98F091 #9198F0

Tetradic

#C7F091 #91F0E9 #BA91F0

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#F09299

#F19EA4

#F3AAAF

#F5B6BB

#F6C2C6

#F8CED1

#FADADD

#FBE6E8

#FDF2F3

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#F09299

#D58188

#BA7177

#A06166

#855155

#6A4044

#503033

#352022

#1A1011

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.26:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.28:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.16:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.89:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F09299; }

.text-color { color: #F09299; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #F09299; }

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