Recognised as Colour

#FA5E16

#FA5E16
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#FA5E16 is a orange with RGB values 250, 94, 22 and HSL 19°, 96%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

#FA5E16#FA5E16

HEX#FA5E16

RGBrgb(250, 94, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.3686, 0.0863

RGB percentages98%, 36.9%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(18.9, 95.8%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.9, 91.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 62.4%, 91.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,408,086

CSS custom property--colour: #FA5E16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.68:1

Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#05A1E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C7B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B29E04no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF3152no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 11.8 Tomato · ΔE 19 Chocolate · ΔE 22 Coral · ΔE 22.3 Red · ΔE 24.3 Dark orange · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 11.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#16B2FA

Analogous#FA1640, #FAD016

Triadic#16FA5E, #5E16FA

Split complementary#16FAD0, #1640FA

Tetradic#40FA16, #16B2FA, #D016FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEE8DE

Lighter +30%#FDC6AC

Lighter +20%#FCA37A

Lighter +10%#FB8148

Darker −10%#D84805

Darker −20%#A63704

Darker −30%#752703

Darker −40%#431601

More saturated +25%#FF5C11

Less saturated −25%#DC6934

Channel breakdown

R250

G94

B22

Red250 (98%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue18.95°

Saturation (HSL)95.8%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 5E · B 16

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