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Recognised as Colour

#F6A377

  • #F6A377
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#F6A377 is a orange with RGB values 246, 163, 119 and HSL 21°, 88%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#F6A377#F6A377
HEX#F6A377
RGBrgb(246, 163, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.6392, 0.4667
RGB percentages96.5%, 63.9%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(20.8, 87.6%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.8, 51.6%, 96.5%)
CMYK0%, 33.7%, 51.6%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,163,703
CSS custom property--colour: #F6A377;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.42:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#095C88

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9AC73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDBE77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9498no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 5.4Dark salmon · ΔE 9.1Sandy brown · ΔE 11.8Peru · ΔE 18.3Burlywood · ΔE 20Salmon · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 5.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77CAF6
Analogous#F6778A, #F6E377
Triadic#77F6A3, #A377F6
Split complementary#77F6E3, #778AF6
Tetradic#8AF677, #77CAF6, #E377F6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCE4D7
Lighter +10%#F9C3A7
Darker −10%#F38347
Darker −20%#F06217
Darker −30%#C74D0D
Darker −40%#973B0A
More saturated +25%#FFA06E
Less saturated −25%#E4A989

Channel breakdown

R246
G163
B119
Red246 (96.5%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue20.79°
Saturation (HSL)87.59%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F6 · G A3 · B 77

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