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Recognised as Colour

#FFA172

  • #FFA172
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FFA172 is a orange with RGB values 255, 161, 114 and HSL 20°, 100%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FFA172#FFA172
HEX#FFA172
RGBrgb(255, 161, 114)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6314, 0.4471
RGB percentages100%, 63.1%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(20, 100%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20, 55.3%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 36.9%, 55.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,753,010
CSS custom property--colour: #FFA172;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47965WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.59:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#005E8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAAC6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1C071no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9095no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 4.5Sandy brown · ΔE 10.8Dark salmon · ΔE 12.4Peru · ΔE 18.2Coral · ΔE 18.9Salmon · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 4.5, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72D0FF
Analogous#FF728A, #FFE872
Triadic#72FFA1, #A172FF
Split complementary#72FFE8, #7289FF
Tetradic#89FF72, #72D0FF, #E772FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFE5D8
Lighter +10%#FFC3A5
Darker −10%#FF7F3F
Darker −20%#FF5D0C
Darker −30%#D84800
Darker −40%#A53700
More saturated +25%#FFA172
Less saturated −25%#EDA784

Channel breakdown

R255
G161
B114
Red255 (100%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue20°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G A1 · B 72

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