Colour

#FF602A

#FF602A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF602A is a orange with RGB values 255, 96, 42 and HSL 15°, 100%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FF602A#FF602A

HEX#FF602A

RGBrgb(255, 96, 42)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.3765, 0.1647

RGB percentages100%, 37.6%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(15.2, 100%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15.2, 83.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 62.4%, 83.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,736,298

CSS custom property--colour: #FF602A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.96:1

Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#009FD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E7E21no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5A222no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF3456no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 13.1 Orange red · ΔE 14 Coral · ΔE 18.5 Chocolate · ΔE 22 Red · ΔE 24.7 Dark orange · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 13.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2AC9FF

Analogous#FF2A5F, #FFCB2A

Triadic#2AFF60, #602AFF

Split complementary#2AFFCA, #2A5FFF

Tetradic#5FFF2A, #2AC9FF, #CA2AFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8F6

Lighter +30%#FFD2C3

Lighter +20%#FFAC90

Lighter +10%#FF865D

Darker −10%#F63E00

Darker −20%#C33100

Darker −30%#902500

Darker −40%#5D1800

More saturated +25%#FF602A

Less saturated −25%#E46D45

Channel breakdown

R255

G96

B42

Red255 (100%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue15.21°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 60 · B 2A

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