Recognised as Colour

#FA6E21

#FA6E21
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#FA6E21 is a orange with RGB values 250, 110, 33 and HSL 21°, 96%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#FA6E21#FA6E21

HEX#FA6E21

RGBrgb(250, 110, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.4314, 0.1294

RGB percentages98%, 43.1%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(21.3, 95.6%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.3, 86.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 56%, 86.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,412,193

CSS custom property--colour: #FA6E21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.32:1

Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#0591DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#96850Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8A41Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF4C60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 16.3 Coral · ΔE 17.6 Dark orange · ΔE 18.7 Tomato · ΔE 19.2 Orange red · ΔE 19.3 Red · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 16.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#21ADFA

Analogous#FA2140, #FADB21

Triadic#21FA6E, #6E21FA

Split complementary#21FADA, #2141FA

Tetradic#40FA21, #21ADFA, #DA21FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF0E9

Lighter +30%#FDD0B7

Lighter +20%#FCAF85

Lighter +10%#FB8F53

Darker −10%#E35405

Darker −20%#B14104

Darker −30%#7F2F03

Darker −40%#4D1D02

More saturated +25%#FF6D1C

Less saturated −25%#DE763D

Channel breakdown

R250

G110

B33

Red250 (98%)

Green110 (43.1%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue21.29°

Saturation (HSL)95.59%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 6E · B 21

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