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Colour

#FF9555

  • #FF9555
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Coral

#FF9555 is a orange with RGB values 255, 149, 85 and HSL 23°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

#FF9555#FF9555
HEX#FF9555
RGBrgb(255, 149, 85)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5843, 0.3333
RGB percentages100%, 58.4%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(22.6, 100%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.6, 66.7%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 41.6%, 66.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,749,909
CSS custom property--colour: #FF9555;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.68:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#006AAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3A24Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCB954no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8086no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 12Sandy brown · ΔE 12.2Light salmon · ΔE 16.2Peru · ΔE 16.7Chocolate · ΔE 17.3Dark salmon · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#55BFFF
Analogous#FF556A, #FFEA55
Triadic#55FF95, #9555FF
Split complementary#55FFEA, #556AFF
Tetradic#6AFF55, #55BFFF, #EA55FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFF4EE
Lighter +20%#FFD5BB
Lighter +10%#FFB588
Darker −10%#FF7522
Darker −20%#EE5A00
Darker −30%#BB4600
Darker −40%#883300
More saturated +25%#FF9555
Less saturated −25%#EA9A6A

Channel breakdown

R255
G149
B85
Red255 (100%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue22.59°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 95 · B 55

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