Recognised as Colour

#FC855A

#FC855A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Coral

#FC855A is a orange with RGB values 252, 133, 90 and HSL 16°, 96%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

#FC855A#FC855A

HEX#FC855A

RGBrgb(252, 133, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.5216, 0.3529

RGB percentages98.8%, 52.2%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(15.9, 96.4%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15.9, 64.3%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 47.2%, 64.3%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,549,210

CSS custom property--colour: #FC855A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.64:1

Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#037AA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A59656no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1B058no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF6E7Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 5.6 Salmon · ΔE 14.6 Light salmon · ΔE 15 Tomato · ΔE 17.4 Chocolate · ΔE 18.8 Sandy brown · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 5.59, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5AD1FC

Analogous#FC5A80, #FCD65A

Triadic#5AFC85, #855AFC

Split complementary#5AFCD6, #5A80FC

Tetradic#80FC5A, #5AD1FC, #D65AFC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF4F0

Lighter +20%#FECFBE

Lighter +10%#FDAA8C

Darker −10%#FB6028

Darker −20%#EC4204

Darker −30%#BA3403

Darker −40%#882602

More saturated +25%#FF8457

Less saturated −25%#E78F6F

Channel breakdown

R252

G133

B90

Red252 (98.8%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue15.93°

Saturation (HSL)96.43%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G 85 · B 5A

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