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Recognised as Colour

#F2A079

  • #F2A079
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#F2A079 is a orange with RGB values 242, 160, 121 and HSL 19°, 82%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#F2A079#F2A079
HEX#F2A079
RGBrgb(242, 160, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.6275, 0.4745
RGB percentages94.9%, 62.7%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(19.3, 82.3%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.3, 50%, 94.9%)
CMYK0%, 33.9%, 50%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,900,793
CSS custom property--colour: #F2A079;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.08:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#0D5F86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6A976no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9BB79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9296no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 5.7Dark salmon · ΔE 6.3Sandy brown · ΔE 14.4Peru · ΔE 19.6Burlywood · ΔE 19.8Salmon · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 5.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79CBF2
Analogous#F2798E, #F2DC79
Triadic#79F2A0, #A079F2
Split complementary#79F2DC, #798EF2
Tetradic#8FF279, #79CBF2, #DC79F2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBE2D6
Lighter +10%#F7C1A7
Darker −10%#ED7F4B
Darker −20%#E95E1C
Darker −30%#BF4A13
Darker −40%#91380E
More saturated +25%#FF9B6C
Less saturated −25%#E0A78B

Channel breakdown

R242
G160
B121
Red242 (94.9%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue19.34°
Saturation (HSL)82.31%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F2 · G A0 · B 79

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