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Recognised as Colour

#FA8F5C

  • #FA8F5C
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Coral

#FA8F5C is a orange with RGB values 250, 143, 92 and HSL 19°, 94%, 67%. 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

#FA8F5C#FA8F5C
HEX#FA8F5C
RGBrgb(250, 143, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.5608, 0.3608
RGB percentages98%, 56.1%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(19.4, 94%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.4, 63.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 42.8%, 63.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,420,700
CSS custom property--colour: #FA8F5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#0570A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AC9D57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6B45Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7B83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 10.2Light salmon · ΔE 11.8Sandy brown · ΔE 13.9Peru · ΔE 17.2Salmon · ΔE 18Dark salmon · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 10.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5CC7FA
Analogous#FA5C78, #FADE5C
Triadic#5CFA8F, #8F5CFA
Split complementary#5CFADE, #5C78FA
Tetradic#78FA5C, #5CC7FA, #DE5CFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFF5F0
Lighter +20%#FDD3BF
Lighter +10%#FCB18D
Darker −10%#F86D2B
Darker −20%#E95007
Darker −30%#B73F06
Darker −40%#862E04
More saturated +25%#FF8D57
Less saturated −25%#E59671

Channel breakdown

R250
G143
B92
Red250 (98%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue19.37°
Saturation (HSL)94.05%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 8F · B 5C

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