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Recognised as Colour

#F6A072

  • #F6A072
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#F6A072 is a orange with RGB values 246, 160, 114 and HSL 21°, 88%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#F6A072#F6A072
HEX#F6A072
RGBrgb(246, 160, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.6275, 0.4471
RGB percentages96.5%, 62.7%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(20.9, 88%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.9, 53.7%, 96.5%)
CMYK0%, 35%, 53.7%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,162,930
CSS custom property--colour: #F6A072;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.19:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#095F8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7A96Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCBC72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9095no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 5Dark salmon · ΔE 10.1Sandy brown · ΔE 10.6Peru · ΔE 17.1Salmon · ΔE 20.6Burlywood · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 5.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72C8F6
Analogous#F67286, #F6E272
Triadic#72F6A0, #A072F6
Split complementary#72F6E2, #7286F6
Tetradic#86F672, #72C8F6, #E272F6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCE1D2
Lighter +10%#F9C0A2
Darker −10%#F38042
Darker −20%#F05F12
Darker −30%#C34C0C
Darker −40%#933909
More saturated +25%#FF9D69
Less saturated −25%#E3A685

Channel breakdown

R246
G160
B114
Red246 (96.5%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue20.91°
Saturation (HSL)88%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F6 · G A0 · B 72

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