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Recognised as Colour

#FD956C

  • #FD956C
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FD956C is a orange with RGB values 253, 149, 108 and HSL 17°, 97%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FD956C#FD956C
HEX#FD956C
RGBrgb(253, 149, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.5843, 0.4235
RGB percentages99.2%, 58.4%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(17, 97.3%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(17, 57.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK0%, 41.1%, 57.3%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,618,860
CSS custom property--colour: #FD956C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.69:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#026A93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0A268no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9B96Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FF828Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 6.1Dark salmon · ΔE 12.9Salmon · ΔE 14.3Coral · ΔE 14.4Sandy brown · ΔE 15Peru · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 6.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6CD4FD
Analogous#FD6C8C, #FDDD6C
Triadic#6CFD95, #956CFD
Split complementary#6CFDDD, #6C8BFD
Tetradic#8BFD6C, #6CD4FD, #DD6CFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEDED1
Lighter +10%#FEB99E
Darker −10%#FC713A
Darker −20%#FC4C07
Darker −30%#CD3C03
Darker −40%#9B2D02
More saturated +25%#FF946A
Less saturated −25%#EA9D7F

Channel breakdown

R253
G149
B108
Red253 (99.2%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue16.97°
Saturation (HSL)97.32%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FD · G 95 · B 6C

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