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Recognised as Colour

#FA9A6E

  • #FA9A6E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FA9A6E is a orange with RGB values 250, 154, 110 and HSL 19°, 93%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FA9A6E#FA9A6E
HEX#FA9A6E
RGBrgb(250, 154, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6039, 0.4314
RGB percentages98%, 60.4%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(18.9, 93.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(18.9, 56%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 38.4%, 56%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,423,534
CSS custom property--colour: #FA9A6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.91:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#056591

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#B4A66Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Deuteranopia#CABA6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FF898Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 4.14, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#6ECEFA
Analogous#FA6E88, #FAE06E
Triadic#6EFA9A, #9A6EFA
Split complementary#6EFAE0, #6E88FA
Tetradic#88FA6E, #6ECEFA, #E06EFA

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDDFD1
Lighter +10%#FCBC9F
Darker −10%#F8783D
Darker −20%#F7550B
Darker −30%#C84407
Darker −40%#973305
More saturated +25%#FF9869
Less saturated −25%#E7A181

Channel breakdown

R250
G154
B110
Red250 (98%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue18.86°
Saturation (HSL)93.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 9A · B 6E

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