Colour

#FA9E6A

#FA9E6A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#FA9E6A is a orange with RGB values 250, 158, 106 and HSL 22°, 94%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FA9E6A#FA9E6A

HEX#FA9E6A

RGBrgb(250, 158, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.6196, 0.4157

RGB percentages98%, 62%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(21.7, 93.5%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.7, 57.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 36.8%, 57.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,424,554

CSS custom property--colour: #FA9E6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45818WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.16:1

Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#056195

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7A865no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDBC6Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF8D91no 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 text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 7.1 Sandy brown · ΔE 8.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 14 Peru · ΔE 15.6 Coral · ΔE 18.3 Salmon · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 7.14, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6AC6FA

Analogous#FA6A7E, #FAE66A

Triadic#6AFA9E, #9E6AFA

Split complementary#6AFAE6, #6A7EFA

Tetradic#7EFA6A, #6AC6FA, #E66AFA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFE

Lighter +20%#FDDECD

Lighter +10%#FCBE9B

Darker −10%#F87E39

Darker −20%#F65E08

Darker −30%#C44B07

Darker −40%#933805

More saturated +25%#FF9D65

Less saturated −25%#E7A37D

Channel breakdown

R250

G158

B106

Red250 (98%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue21.67°

Saturation (HSL)93.51%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 9E · B 6A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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