Recognised as Colour

#FA8E2E

#FA8E2E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark orange

#FA8E2E is a orange with RGB values 250, 142, 46 and HSL 28°, 95%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orange.

Colour values

#FA8E2E#FA8E2E

HEX#FA8E2E

RGBrgb(250, 142, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.5569, 0.1804

RGB percentages98%, 55.7%, 18%

HSLhsl(28.2, 95.3%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.2, 81.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 43.2%, 81.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,420,398

CSS custom property--colour: #FA8E2E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.97:1

Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#0571D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AE9A1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8B32Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Tritanopia#FF767Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orange · ΔE 11.1 Chocolate · ΔE 15.7 Orange · ΔE 18.7 Coral · ΔE 20.4 Sandy brown · ΔE 21.7 Peru · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark orange (#FF8C00)ΔE 11.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E9AFA

Analogous#FA2E34, #FAF42E

Triadic#2EFA8E, #8E2EFA

Split complementary#2EFAF4, #2E34FA

Tetradic#34FA2E, #2E9AFA, #F42EFA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFAF5

Lighter +30%#FEDFC3

Lighter +20%#FCC492

Lighter +10%#FBA960

Darker −10%#EF7406

Darker −20%#BD5C05

Darker −30%#8C4303

Darker −40%#5A2B02

More saturated +25%#FF8E29

Less saturated −25%#DF9049

Channel breakdown

R250

G142

B46

Red250 (98%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue28.24°

Saturation (HSL)95.33%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 8E · B 2E

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Colour harmonies

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