Recognised as Colour

#FF5F06

#FF5F06
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#FF5F06 is a orange with RGB values 255, 95, 6 and HSL 21°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

#FF5F06#FF5F06

HEX#FF5F06

RGBrgb(255, 95, 6)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.3725, 0.0235

RGB percentages100%, 37.3%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(21.4, 100%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.4, 97.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 62.7%, 97.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,736,006

CSS custom property--colour: #FF5F06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.89:1

Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#00A0F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E7D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6A100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF2F52no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 10.4 Tomato · ΔE 23.3 Dark orange · ΔE 23.5 Red · ΔE 23.6 Chocolate · ΔE 25.2 Coral · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 10.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06A6FF

Analogous#FF0629, #FFDB06

Triadic#06FF5F, #5F06FF

Split complementary#06FFDB, #062AFF

Tetradic#2AFF06, #06A6FF, #DC06FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFE2D2

Lighter +30%#FFC19F

Lighter +20%#FFA16C

Lighter +10%#FF8039

Darker −10%#D24B00

Darker −20%#9F3900

Darker −30%#6C2700

Darker −40%#391400

More saturated +25%#FF5F06

Less saturated −25%#E06825

Channel breakdown

R255

G95

Red255 (100%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue21.45°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 5F · B 06

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