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Colour

#F2A97E

  • #F2A97E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#F2A97E is a orange with RGB values 242, 169, 126 and HSL 22°, 82%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#F2A97E#F2A97E
HEX#F2A97E
RGBrgb(242, 169, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.6627, 0.4941
RGB percentages94.9%, 66.3%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(22.2, 81.7%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.2, 47.9%, 94.9%)
CMYK0%, 30.2%, 47.9%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,903,102
CSS custom property--colour: #F2A97E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.75:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#0D5681

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDB07Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEC07Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9C9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 9.6Dark salmon · ΔE 9.7Sandy brown · ΔE 14Burlywood · ΔE 15.3Tan · ΔE 19Peru · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 9.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EC7F2
Analogous#F27E8D, #F2E37E
Triadic#7EF2A9, #A97EF2
Split complementary#7EF2E3, #7E8DF2
Tetradic#8DF27E, #7EC7F2, #E37EF2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBE7DB
Lighter +10%#F7C8AC
Darker −10%#ED8A50
Darker −20%#E96B21
Darker −30%#C35514
Darker −40%#95410F
More saturated +25%#FFA671
Less saturated −25%#E0AE90

Channel breakdown

R242
G169
B126
Red242 (94.9%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue22.24°
Saturation (HSL)81.69%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F2 · G A9 · B 7E

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