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Recognised as Colour

#FA9B69

  • #FA9B69
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FA9B69 is a orange with RGB values 250, 155, 105 and HSL 21°, 94%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FA9B69#FA9B69
HEX#FA9B69
RGBrgb(250, 155, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6078, 0.4118
RGB percentages98%, 60.8%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(20.7, 93.5%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.7, 58%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 38%, 58%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,423,785
CSS custom property--colour: #FA9B69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44787WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.96:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#056496

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5A665no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCBB68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#FF898Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 6.7Sandy brown · ΔE 9.8Dark salmon · ΔE 13.8Peru · ΔE 16.1Coral · ΔE 16.9Salmon · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 6.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69C8FA
Analogous#FA6980, #FAE369
Triadic#69FA9B, #9B69FA
Split complementary#69FAE3, #6980FA
Tetradic#80FA69, #69C8FA, #E369FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFD
Lighter +20%#FDDDCC
Lighter +10%#FCBC9A
Darker −10%#F87A38
Darker −20%#F55A08
Darker −30%#C34807
Darker −40%#923605
More saturated +25%#FF9964
Less saturated −25%#E7A17C

Channel breakdown

R250
G155
B105
Red250 (98%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue20.69°
Saturation (HSL)93.55%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 9B · B 69

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