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Recognised as Colour

#F48E59

  • #F48E59
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#F48E59 is a orange with RGB values 244, 142, 89 and HSL 21°, 88%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#F48E59#F48E59
HEX#F48E59
RGBrgb(244, 142, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.5569, 0.349
RGB percentages95.7%, 55.7%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(20.5, 87.6%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.5, 63.5%, 95.7%)
CMYK0%, 41.8%, 63.5%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,027,225
CSS custom property--colour: #F48E59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#0B71A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AA9B54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2B158no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7A82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 11.7Coral · ΔE 11.8Sandy brown · ΔE 12.3Peru · ΔE 15Dark salmon · ΔE 17.8Chocolate · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 11.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59BFF4
Analogous#F45972, #F4DB59
Triadic#59F48E, #8E59F4
Split complementary#59F4DC, #5972F4
Tetradic#72F459, #59BFF4, #DC59F4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEF0E8
Lighter +20%#FACFB9
Lighter +10%#F7AF89
Darker −10%#F16D29
Darker −20%#D9540E
Darker −30%#A9410B
Darker −40%#792F08
More saturated +25%#FF8B4E
Less saturated −25%#DE956F

Channel breakdown

R244
G142
B89
Red244 (95.7%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue20.52°
Saturation (HSL)87.57%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F4 · G 8E · B 59

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