Colour

#FC9862

#FC9862
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#FC9862 is a orange with RGB values 252, 152, 98 and HSL 21°, 96%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FC9862#FC9862

HEX#FC9862

RGBrgb(252, 152, 98)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.5961, 0.3843

RGB percentages98.8%, 59.6%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(21, 96.3%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21, 61.1%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 39.7%, 61.1%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,554,082

CSS custom property--colour: #FC9862;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44034WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.81:1

Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#03679D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4A45Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBBA61no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF858Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 9.8 Sandy brown · ΔE 10.2 Coral · ΔE 14.1 Peru · ΔE 15.9 Dark salmon · ΔE 17 Salmon · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 9.82, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#62C6FC

Analogous#FC6279, #FCE562

Triadic#62FC98, #9862FC

Split complementary#62FCE5, #6279FC

Tetradic#79FC62, #62C6FC, #E562FC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFAF8

Lighter +20%#FEDAC6

Lighter +10%#FDB994

Darker −10%#FB7730

Darker −20%#F35805

Darker −30%#C14604

Darker −40%#8F3403

More saturated +25%#FF975F

Less saturated −25%#E89E76

Channel breakdown

R252

G152

B98

Red252 (98.8%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue21.04°

Saturation (HSL)96.25%

Lightness68.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G 98 · B 62

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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