Colour

#FA8E5F

#FA8E5F
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Coral

#FA8E5F is a orange with RGB values 250, 142, 95 and HSL 18°, 94%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

#FA8E5F#FA8E5F

HEX#FA8E5F

RGBrgb(250, 142, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.5569, 0.3725

RGB percentages98%, 55.7%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(18.2, 93.9%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.2, 62%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 43.2%, 62%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,420,447

CSS custom property--colour: #FA8E5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.1:1

Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#0571A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB9C5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5B45Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF7A83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 10.2 Light salmon · ΔE 10.8 Sandy brown · ΔE 15 Salmon · ΔE 16.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 17.2 Peru · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 10.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5FCBFA

Analogous#FA5F7E, #FADB5F

Triadic#5FFA8E, #8E5FFA

Split complementary#5FFADC, #5F7DFA

Tetradic#7EFA5F, #5FCBFA, #DC5FFA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF7F3

Lighter +20%#FDD4C2

Lighter +10%#FCB190

Darker −10%#F86B2E

Darker −20%#EC4D07

Darker −30%#BA3D06

Darker −40%#892C04

More saturated +25%#FF8C5A

Less saturated −25%#E59674

Channel breakdown

R250

G142

B95

Red250 (98%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue18.19°

Saturation (HSL)93.94%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 8E · B 5F

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