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Recognised as Colour

#FF9E79

  • #FF9E79
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FF9E79 is a orange with RGB values 255, 158, 121 and HSL 17°, 100%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FF9E79#FF9E79
HEX#FF9E79
RGBrgb(255, 158, 121)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6196, 0.4745
RGB percentages100%, 62%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(16.6, 100%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.6, 52.5%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 38%, 52.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,752,249
CSS custom property--colour: #FF9E79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47094WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.42:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#006186

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7AA76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEBF78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8D95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 1.1Dark salmon · ΔE 9.1Sandy brown · ΔE 15.5Salmon · ΔE 15.5Coral · ΔE 19.6Light coral · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 1.06, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79DAFF
Analogous#FF7997, #FFE179
Triadic#79FF9E, #9E79FF
Split complementary#79FFE1, #7997FF
Tetradic#97FF79, #79DAFF, #E179FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFE8DF
Lighter +10%#FFC3AC
Darker −10%#FF7946
Darker −20%#FF5413
Darker −30%#DF3E00
Darker −40%#AC2F00
More saturated +25%#FF9E79
Less saturated −25%#EEA58A

Channel breakdown

R255
G158
B121
Red255 (100%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue16.57°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 9E · B 79

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