Colour

#FF7226

#FF7226
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#FF7226 is a orange with RGB values 255, 114, 38 and HSL 21°, 100%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#FF7226#FF7226

HEX#FF7226

RGBrgb(255, 114, 38)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.4471, 0.149

RGB percentages100%, 44.7%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(21, 100%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21, 85.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 55.3%, 85.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,740,902

CSS custom property--colour: #FF7226;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.69:1

Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#008DD9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A8917no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDA920no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF5064no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 17 Coral · ΔE 17.1 Dark orange · ΔE 18.4 Tomato · ΔE 19.1 Orange red · ΔE 19.8 Orange · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 17.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#26B3FF

Analogous#FF2646, #FFDF26

Triadic#26FF72, #7226FF

Split complementary#26FFDE, #2647FF

Tetradic#47FF26, #26B3FF, #DF26FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF7F2

Lighter +30%#FFD5BF

Lighter +20%#FFB48C

Lighter +10%#FF9359

Darker −10%#F25500

Darker −20%#BF4300

Darker −30%#8C3100

Darker −40%#591F00

More saturated +25%#FF7226

Less saturated −25%#E47A41

Channel breakdown

R255

G114

B38

Red255 (100%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue21.01°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 72 · B 26

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