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Recognised as Colour

#FF8E57

  • #FF8E57
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Coral

#FF8E57 is a orange with RGB values 255, 142, 87 and HSL 20°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

#FF8E57#FF8E57
HEX#FF8E57
RGBrgb(255, 142, 87)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5569, 0.3412
RGB percentages100%, 55.7%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(19.6, 100%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.6, 65.9%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 44.3%, 65.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,748,119
CSS custom property--colour: #FF8E57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41294WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#0071A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AD9D52no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8B656no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7881no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 7.7Light salmon · ΔE 15.2Sandy brown · ΔE 15.7Chocolate · ΔE 17.2Peru · ΔE 18.9Salmon · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 7.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#57C8FF
Analogous#FF5774, #FFE257
Triadic#57FF8E, #8E57FF
Split complementary#57FFE2, #5774FF
Tetradic#74FF57, #57C8FF, #E257FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFF5F0
Lighter +20%#FFD3BD
Lighter +10%#FFB08A
Darker −10%#FF6C24
Darker −20%#F04F00
Darker −30%#BD3E00
Darker −40%#8A2D00
More saturated +25%#FF8E57
Less saturated −25%#EA956C

Channel breakdown

R255
G142
B87
Red255 (100%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue19.64°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 8E · B 57

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