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Recognised as Colour

#F28D5B

  • #F28D5B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#F28D5B is a orange with RGB values 242, 141, 91 and HSL 20°, 85%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#F28D5B#F28D5B
HEX#F28D5B
RGBrgb(242, 141, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.5529, 0.3569
RGB percentages94.9%, 55.3%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(19.9, 85.3%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.9, 62.4%, 94.9%)
CMYK0%, 41.7%, 62.4%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,895,899
CSS custom property--colour: #F28D5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#0D72A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A89A56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1B05Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7A81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 10.6Coral · ΔE 12.4Sandy brown · ΔE 12.8Peru · ΔE 15.1Dark salmon · ΔE 16.2Salmon · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 10.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5BC0F2
Analogous#F25B74, #F2D95B
Triadic#5BF28D, #8D5BF2
Split complementary#5BF2D8, #5B75F2
Tetradic#74F25B, #5BC0F2, #D95BF2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF0E9
Lighter +20%#F9CFBA
Lighter +10%#F6AE8A
Darker −10%#EE6C2C
Darker −20%#D65211
Darker −30%#A7400D
Darker −40%#782E09
More saturated +25%#FF894E
Less saturated −25%#DC9471

Channel breakdown

R242
G141
B91
Red242 (94.9%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue19.87°
Saturation (HSL)85.31%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F2 · G 8D · B 5B

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