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Recognised as Colour

#F78A63

  • #F78A63
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#F78A63 is a orange with RGB values 247, 138, 99 and HSL 16°, 90%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#F78A63#F78A63
HEX#F78A63
RGBrgb(247, 138, 99)
RGB (0–1)0.9686, 0.5412, 0.3882
RGB percentages96.9%, 54.1%, 38.8%
HSLhsl(15.8, 90.2%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15.8, 59.9%, 96.9%)
CMYK0%, 44.1%, 59.9%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,222,819
CSS custom property--colour: #F78A63;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38852WCAG 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 8.77:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#08759C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6995Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1B161no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7681no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 9.9Coral · ΔE 11.4Salmon · ΔE 12.3Dark salmon · ΔE 14.9Sandy brown · ΔE 17.7Peru · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 9.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63D0F7
Analogous#F76386, #F7D463
Triadic#63F78A, #8A63F7
Split complementary#63F7D4, #6386F7
Tetradic#86F763, #63D0F7, #D463F7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEF7F5
Lighter +20%#FCD3C4
Lighter +10%#F9AE94
Darker −10%#F56632
Darker −20%#E8460C
Darker −30%#B83709
Darker −40%#872907
More saturated +25%#FF865B
Less saturated −25%#E39478

Channel breakdown

R247
G138
B99
Red247 (96.9%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue99 (38.8%)
Hue15.81°
Saturation (HSL)90.24%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F7 · G 8A · B 63

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