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Recognised as Colour

#FF8E44

  • #FF8E44
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Coral

#FF8E44 is a orange with RGB values 255, 142, 68 and HSL 24°, 100%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

#FF8E44#FF8E44
HEX#FF8E44
RGBrgb(255, 142, 68)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5569, 0.2667
RGB percentages100%, 55.7%, 26.7%
HSLhsl(23.7, 100%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(23.7, 73.3%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 44.3%, 73.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,748,100
CSS custom property--colour: #FF8E44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#0071BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AE9C3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9B543no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FF767Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 12.4Chocolate · ΔE 14.2Sandy brown · ΔE 17.6Dark orange · ΔE 19Peru · ΔE 19.9Light salmon · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 12.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#44B5FF
Analogous#FF4458, #FFEC44
Triadic#44FF8E, #8E44FF
Split complementary#44FFEC, #4457FF
Tetradic#57FF44, #44B5FF, #EB44FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFEADD
Lighter +20%#FFCCAA
Lighter +10%#FFAD77
Darker −10%#FF6F11
Darker −20%#DD5700
Darker −30%#AA4300
Darker −40%#772F00
More saturated +25%#FF8E44
Less saturated −25%#E8935B

Channel breakdown

R255
G142
B68
Red255 (100%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue68 (26.7%)
Hue23.74°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 8E · B 44

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