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Recognised as Colour

#FE8E55

  • #FE8E55
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Coral

#FE8E55 is a orange with RGB values 254, 142, 85 and HSL 20°, 99%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

#FE8E55#FE8E55
HEX#FE8E55
RGBrgb(254, 142, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.5569, 0.3333
RGB percentages99.6%, 55.7%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(20.2, 98.8%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.2, 66.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 44.1%, 66.5%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,682,581
CSS custom property--colour: #FE8E55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#0171AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AD9D4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8B554no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7881no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 8.2Sandy brown · ΔE 15.3Light salmon · ΔE 15.7Chocolate · ΔE 16.6Peru · ΔE 18.4Salmon · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#55C5FE
Analogous#FE5570, #FEE355
Triadic#55FE8E, #8E55FE
Split complementary#55FEE3, #5570FE
Tetradic#70FE55, #55C5FE, #E355FE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFF3ED
Lighter +20%#FFD1BA
Lighter +10%#FEB088
Darker −10%#FE6C22
Darker −20%#EC5001
Darker −30%#B93F01
Darker −40%#862E01
More saturated +25%#FF8E54
Less saturated −25%#E9956A

Channel breakdown

R254
G142
B85
Red254 (99.6%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue20.24°
Saturation (HSL)98.83%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G 8E · B 55

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