Colour

#FF8A48

#FF8A48
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Coral

#FF8A48 is a orange with RGB values 255, 138, 72 and HSL 22°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

#FF8A48#FF8A48

HEX#FF8A48

RGBrgb(255, 138, 72)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.5412, 0.2824

RGB percentages100%, 54.1%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(21.6, 100%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.6, 71.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 45.9%, 71.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,747,080

CSS custom property--colour: #FF8A48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.98:1

Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#0075B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB9941no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7B446no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF727Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 8.8 Chocolate · ΔE 14 Sandy brown · ΔE 18.5 Peru · ΔE 20.5 Tomato · ΔE 21 Light salmon · ΔE 21.5

Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 8.83, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#48BDFF

Analogous#FF4862, #FFE548

Triadic#48FF8A, #8A48FF

Split complementary#48FFE5, #4862FF

Tetradic#62FF48, #48BDFF, #E548FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFECE1

Lighter +20%#FFCBAE

Lighter +10%#FFAB7B

Darker −10%#FF6915

Darker −20%#E15100

Darker −30%#AE3F00

Darker −40%#7B2C00

More saturated +25%#FF8A48

Less saturated −25%#E8905F

Channel breakdown

R255

G138

B72

Red255 (100%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue21.64°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 8A · B 48

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