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Recognised as Colour

#FB8B4E

  • #FB8B4E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Coral

#FB8B4E is a orange with RGB values 251, 139, 78 and HSL 21°, 96%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

#FB8B4E#FB8B4E
HEX#FB8B4E
RGBrgb(251, 139, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.5451, 0.3059
RGB percentages98.4%, 54.5%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(21.2, 95.6%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21.2, 68.9%, 98.4%)
CMYK0%, 44.6%, 68.9%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,485,198
CSS custom property--colour: #FB8B4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.9:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#0474B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AA9A48no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5B24Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FF747Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 8.4Chocolate · ΔE 14.6Sandy brown · ΔE 15.9Light salmon · ΔE 17.9Peru · ΔE 18.1Tomato · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4EBEFB
Analogous#FB4E67, #FBE24E
Triadic#4EFB8B, #8B4EFB
Split complementary#4EFBE1, #4E68FB
Tetradic#67FB4E, #4EBEFB, #E14EFB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEEDE4
Lighter +20%#FDCCB2
Lighter +10%#FCAC80
Darker −10%#FA6A1C
Darker −20%#DE5205
Darker −30%#AC3F04
Darker −40%#7A2D03
More saturated +25%#FF8A4A
Less saturated −25%#E49265

Channel breakdown

R251
G139
B78
Red251 (98.4%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue21.16°
Saturation (HSL)95.58%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FB · G 8B · B 4E

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