Recognised as Colour

#FF7E28

#FF7E28
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark orange

#FF7E28 is a orange with RGB values 255, 126, 40 and HSL 24°, 100%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orange.

Colour values

#FF7E28#FF7E28

HEX#FF7E28

RGBrgb(255, 126, 40)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.4941, 0.1569

RGB percentages100%, 49.4%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(24, 100%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(24, 84.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 50.6%, 84.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,743,976

CSS custom property--colour: #FF7E28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36335WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.27:1

Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#0081D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A39017no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2AE24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF616Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orange · ΔE 13.3 Chocolate · ΔE 15.3 Coral · ΔE 17.4 Tomato · ΔE 23.3 Orange red · ΔE 25.5 Orange · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark orange (#FF8C00)ΔE 13.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28A9FF

Analogous#FF283D, #FFE928

Triadic#28FF7E, #7E28FF

Split complementary#28FFE9, #283EFF

Tetradic#3EFF28, #28A9FF, #EA28FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8F4

Lighter +30%#FFDAC1

Lighter +20%#FFBB8E

Lighter +10%#FF9D5B

Darker −10%#F46200

Darker −20%#C14D00

Darker −30%#8E3900

Darker −40%#5B2400

More saturated +25%#FF7E28

Less saturated −25%#E48343

Channel breakdown

R255

G126

B40

Red255 (100%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue24°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 7E · B 28

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