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Recognised as Colour

#CC3C06

  • #CC3C06
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tomato

#CC3C06 is a orange with RGB values 204, 60, 6 and HSL 16°, 94%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#CC3C06#CC3C06
HEX#CC3C06
RGBrgb(204, 60, 6)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.2353, 0.0235
RGB percentages80%, 23.5%, 2.4%
HSLhsl(16.4, 94.3%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.4, 97.1%, 80%)
CMYK0%, 70.6%, 97.1%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,384,710
CSS custom property--colour: #CC3C06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.98:1
Contrast with white4.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#33C3F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#685B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C7B00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E10034no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 18.7Chocolate · ΔE 20Orange red · ΔE 20.4Firebrick · ΔE 21Coral · ΔE 24.3Dark red · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 18.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0696CC
Analogous#CC0633, #CC9F06
Triadic#06CC3C, #3C06CC
Split complementary#06CC9F, #0633CC
Tetradic#33CC06, #0696CC, #9F06CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCBAA2
Lighter +30%#FB9670
Lighter +20%#F9723F
Lighter +10%#F84D0D
Darker −10%#9A2D05
Darker −20%#691F03
Darker −30%#371002
Darker −40%#060200
More saturated +25%#D23900
Less saturated −25%#B24820

Channel breakdown

R204
G60
B6
Red204 (80%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue6 (2.4%)
Hue16.36°
Saturation (HSL)94.29%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CC · G 3C · B 06

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