Recognised as Colour

#F6F2EC

#F6F2EC
Orange
Light
Nearest: Sea shell

#F6F2EC is a orange with RGB values 246, 242, 236 and HSL 36°, 36%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea shell.

Colour values

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HEX#F6F2EC

RGBrgb(246, 242, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.949, 0.9255

RGB percentages96.5%, 94.9%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(36, 35.7%, 94.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36, 4.1%, 96.5%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 4.1%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,184,044

CSS custom property--colour: #F6F2EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness242.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.83:1

Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F2F2F2

Inverted#090D13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4F2ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5F3ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F8F1F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea shell · ΔE 2.7 Linen · ΔE 3 Floral white · ΔE 3.4 White smoke · ΔE 3.5 Snow · ΔE 4.3 Old lace · ΔE 4.9

Nearest named CSS colourSea shell (#FFF5EE)ΔE 2.66, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ECF0F6

Analogous#F6EDEC, #F5F6EC

Triadic#ECF6F2, #F2ECF6

Split complementary#ECF5F6, #EDECF6

Tetradic#ECF6ED, #ECF0F6, #F6ECF5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFF

Darker −10%#E6DAC9

Darker −20%#D5C3A7

Darker −30%#C5AB84

Darker −40%#B49362

More saturated +25%#F9F3E8

Less saturated −25%#F2F1EF

Channel breakdown

R246

G242

B236

Red246 (96.5%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue36°

Saturation (HSL)35.71%

Lightness94.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F6 · G F2 · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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