Colour

#FA5E27

#FA5E27
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FA5E27 is a orange with RGB values 250, 94, 39 and HSL 16°, 95%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FA5E27#FA5E27

HEX#FA5E27

RGBrgb(250, 94, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.3686, 0.1529

RGB percentages98%, 36.9%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(15.6, 95.5%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15.6, 84.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 62.4%, 84.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,408,103

CSS custom property--colour: #FA5E27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28476WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.7:1

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

Contrast with black6.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#05A1D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B7B1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B29E1Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63 from the original

Tritanopia#FF3254no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 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 text6.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 13.2 Orange red · ΔE 14.5 Coral · ΔE 18.2 Chocolate · ΔE 20.8 Red · ΔE 25.2 Dark orange · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)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#27C3FA

Analogous#FA275A, #FAC827

Triadic#27FA5E, #5E27FA

Split complementary#27FAC8, #2759FA

Tetradic#59FA27, #27C3FA, #C727FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF3EE

Lighter +30%#FDCDBD

Lighter +20%#FCA88B

Lighter +10%#FB8359

Darker −10%#E94105

Darker −20%#B73304

Darker −30%#852503

Darker −40%#531702

More saturated +25%#FF5C22

Less saturated −25%#DE6B43

Channel breakdown

R250

G94

B39

Red250 (98%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue15.64°

Saturation (HSL)95.48%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 5E · B 27

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