Recognised as Colour

#FA6F21

#FA6F21
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#FA6F21 is a orange with RGB values 250, 111, 33 and HSL 22°, 96%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#FA6F21#FA6F21

HEX#FA6F21

RGBrgb(250, 111, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.4353, 0.1294

RGB percentages98%, 43.5%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(21.6, 95.6%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.6, 86.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 55.6%, 86.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,412,449

CSS custom property--colour: #FA6F21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31803WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.36:1

Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#0590DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#97850Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9A51Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF4E61no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 16.1 Coral · ΔE 17.5 Dark orange · ΔE 18.2 Tomato · ΔE 19.5 Orange red · ΔE 19.7 Orange · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 16.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#21ACFA

Analogous#FA213F, #FADC21

Triadic#21FA6F, #6F21FA

Split complementary#21FADC, #213FFA

Tetradic#3FFA21, #21ACFA, #DC21FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF0E9

Lighter +30%#FDD0B7

Lighter +20%#FCB085

Lighter +10%#FB8F53

Darker −10%#E35505

Darker −20%#B14204

Darker −30%#7F3003

Darker −40%#4D1D02

More saturated +25%#FF6E1C

Less saturated −25%#DE773D

Channel breakdown

R250

G111

B33

Red250 (98%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue21.57°

Saturation (HSL)95.59%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 6F · B 21

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