Colour

#FF9F77

#FF9F77
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#FF9F77 is a orange with RGB values 255, 159, 119 and HSL 18°, 100%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FF9F77#FF9F77

HEX#FF9F77

RGBrgb(255, 159, 119)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6235, 0.4667

RGB percentages100%, 62.4%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(17.6, 100%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.6, 53.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 37.6%, 53.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,752,503

CSS custom property--colour: #FF9F77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.48:1

Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#006088

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8AB74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFBF76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF8E95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text10.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 1.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 10 Sandy brown · ΔE 14 Salmon · ΔE 16.7 Coral · ΔE 19.3 Peru · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 1.31, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#77D7FF

Analogous#FF7793, #FFE377

Triadic#77FF9F, #9F77FF

Split complementary#77FFE3, #7793FF

Tetradic#93FF77, #77D7FF, #E377FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFE7DD

Lighter +10%#FFC3AA

Darker −10%#FF7B44

Darker −20%#FF5711

Darker −30%#DD4100

Darker −40%#AA3200

More saturated +25%#FF9F77

Less saturated −25%#EEA688

Channel breakdown

R255

G159

B119

Red255 (100%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue17.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness73.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 9F · B 77

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