Recognised as Colour

#FA5E21

#FA5E21
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#FA5E21 is a orange with RGB values 250, 94, 33 and HSL 17°, 96%, 55%. 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

#FA5E21#FA5E21

HEX#FA5E21

RGBrgb(250, 94, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.3686, 0.1294

RGB percentages98%, 36.9%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(16.9, 95.6%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(16.9, 86.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 62.4%, 86.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,408,097

CSS custom property--colour: #FA5E21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.69:1

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

Contrast with black6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#05A1DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C7B14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B29E16no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF3253no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.4 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 text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 13.2 Tomato · ΔE 15.5 Coral · ΔE 19.7 Chocolate · ΔE 21.1 Red · ΔE 24.7 Dark orange · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 13.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#21BDFA

Analogous#FA2151, #FACA21

Triadic#21FA5E, #5E21FA

Split complementary#21FACA, #2151FA

Tetradic#51FA21, #21BDFA, #CB21FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEEFE9

Lighter +30%#FDCBB7

Lighter +20%#FCA685

Lighter +10%#FB8253

Darker −10%#E34305

Darker −20%#B13504

Darker −30%#7F2603

Darker −40%#4D1702

More saturated +25%#FF5C1C

Less saturated −25%#DE6A3D

Channel breakdown

R250

G94

B33

Red250 (98%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue16.87°

Saturation (HSL)95.59%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 5E · B 21

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