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Recognised as Colour

#FFA989

  • #FFA989
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#FFA989 is a orange with RGB values 255, 169, 137 and HSL 16°, 100%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FFA989#FFA989
HEX#FFA989
RGBrgb(255, 169, 137)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.6627, 0.5373
RGB percentages100%, 66.3%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(16.3, 100%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.3, 46.3%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 33.7%, 46.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,755,081
CSS custom property--colour: #FFA989;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.29:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#005676

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFB386no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3C588no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FF9BA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 6.5Dark salmon · ΔE 7.3Sandy brown · ΔE 18.3Salmon · ΔE 19.6Light coral · ΔE 20.7Burlywood · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89DFFF
Analogous#FF89A4, #FFE489
Triadic#89FFA9, #A989FF
Split complementary#89FFE4, #89A4FF
Tetradic#A4FF89, #89DFFF, #E489FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFF3EF
Lighter +10%#FFCEBC
Darker −10%#FF8456
Darker −20%#FF5F23
Darker −30%#EF4100
Darker −40%#BC3300
More saturated +25%#FFA989
Less saturated −25%#F0B098

Channel breakdown

R255
G169
B137
Red255 (100%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue16.27°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G A9 · B 89

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