Colour

#FCAD87

#FCAD87
Orange
Light
Nearest: Light salmon

#FCAD87 is a orange with RGB values 252, 173, 135 and HSL 19°, 95%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FCAD87#FCAD87

HEX#FCAD87

RGBrgb(252, 173, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.6784, 0.5294

RGB percentages98.8%, 67.8%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(19.5, 95.1%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(19.5, 46.4%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 31.3%, 46.4%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,559,495

CSS custom property--colour: #FCAD87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.47:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#035278

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2B584no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5C687no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9FA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 8.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 9.1 Sandy brown · ΔE 16.1 Burlywood · ΔE 17.7 Tan · ΔE 21 Peach puff · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 8.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#87D6FC

Analogous#FC879B, #FCE887

Triadic#87FCAD, #AD87FC

Split complementary#87FCE7, #879CFC

Tetradic#9BFC87, #87D6FC, #E787FC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEF1EB

Lighter +10%#FDCFB9

Darker −10%#FB8B55

Darker −20%#FA6923

Darker −30%#E44E06

Darker −40%#B33D04

More saturated +25%#FFAC84

Less saturated −25%#EDB296

Channel breakdown

R252

G173

B135

Red252 (98.8%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue19.49°

Saturation (HSL)95.12%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G AD · B 87

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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