Colour

#FF9976

#FF9976
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#FF9976 is a orange with RGB values 255, 153, 118 and HSL 15°, 100%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FF9976#FF9976

HEX#FF9976

RGBrgb(255, 153, 118)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6, 0.4627

RGB percentages100%, 60%, 46.3%

HSLhsl(15.3, 100%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15.3, 53.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 40%, 53.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,750,966

CSS custom property--colour: #FF9976;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.07:1

Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#006689

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3A673no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBBC75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF8890no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 3.7 Dark salmon · ΔE 10.1 Salmon · ΔE 13.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 16.9 Coral · ΔE 17.6 Light coral · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 3.65, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#76DCFF

Analogous#FF7697, #FFDE76

Triadic#76FF99, #9976FF

Split complementary#76FFDE, #7698FF

Tetradic#98FF76, #76DCFF, #DE76FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFE5DC

Lighter +10%#FFBFA9

Darker −10%#FF7343

Darker −20%#FF4D10

Darker −30%#DC3800

Darker −40%#A92B00

More saturated +25%#FF9976

Less saturated −25%#EEA187

Channel breakdown

R255

G153

B118

Red255 (100%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue118 (46.3%)

Hue15.33°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 99 · B 76

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