Recognised as Colour

#FCAD7D

#FCAD7D
Orange
Light
Nearest: Light salmon

#FCAD7D is a orange with RGB values 252, 173, 125 and HSL 23°, 95%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FCAD7D#FCAD7D

HEX#FCAD7D

RGBrgb(252, 173, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.6784, 0.4902

RGB percentages98.8%, 67.8%, 49%

HSLhsl(22.7, 95.5%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.7, 50.4%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 31.3%, 50.4%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,559,485

CSS custom property--colour: #FCAD7D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52063WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.41:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#035282

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3B579no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6C67Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9EA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 8.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 11.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 12.2 Burlywood · ΔE 17.9 Peru · ΔE 19.6 Tan · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7DCCFC

Analogous#FC7D8C, #FCED7D

Triadic#7DFCAD, #AD7DFC

Split complementary#7DFCED, #7D8CFC

Tetradic#8CFC7D, #7DCCFC, #ED7DFC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEECE1

Lighter +10%#FDCCAF

Darker −10%#FB8E4B

Darker −20%#FA6E19

Darker −30%#DB5605

Darker −40%#A94204

More saturated +25%#FFAC7A

Less saturated −25%#EBB18E

Channel breakdown

R252

G173

B125

Red252 (98.8%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue22.68°

Saturation (HSL)95.49%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G AD · B 7D

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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