Colour

#FF6303

#FF6303
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#FF6303 is a orange with RGB values 255, 99, 3 and HSL 23°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

#FF6303#FF6303

HEX#FF6303

RGBrgb(255, 99, 3)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.3882, 0.0118

RGB percentages100%, 38.8%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(22.9, 100%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.9, 98.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 61.2%, 98.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,737,027

CSS custom property--colour: #FF6303;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.04:1

Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#009CFC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#917F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7A300no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63 from the original

Tritanopia#FF3755no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 12.3 Dark orange · ΔE 21.5 Tomato · ΔE 24.2 Chocolate · ΔE 24.4 Red · ΔE 25.5 Coral · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 12.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#039FFF

Analogous#FF0321, #FFE103

Triadic#03FF63, #6303FF

Split complementary#03FFE1, #0321FF

Tetradic#21FF03, #039FFF, #E103FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFE1CF

Lighter +30%#FFC29C

Lighter +20%#FFA269

Lighter +10%#FF8336

Darker −10%#CF4F00

Darker −20%#9C3B00

Darker −30%#692800

Darker −40%#361500

More saturated +25%#FF6303

Less saturated −25%#E06A22

Channel breakdown

R255

G99

Red255 (100%)

Green99 (38.8%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue22.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 63 · B 03

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