Colour

#FFAC8B

#FFAC8B
Orange
Light
Nearest: Light salmon

#FFAC8B is a orange with RGB values 255, 172, 139 and HSL 17°, 100%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#FFAC8B#FFAC8B

HEX#FFAC8B

RGBrgb(255, 172, 139)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6745, 0.5451

RGB percentages100%, 67.5%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(17.1, 100%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.1, 45.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 32.5%, 45.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,755,851

CSS custom property--colour: #FFAC8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.53:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#005374

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1B588no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5C78Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9EA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 7.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 8.1 Sandy brown · ΔE 18.2 Burlywood · ΔE 19.7 Salmon · ΔE 21.2 Light coral · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 7.6, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8BDEFF

Analogous#FF8BA4, #FFE68B

Triadic#8BFFAC, #AC8BFF

Split complementary#8BFFE6, #8BA4FF

Tetradic#A4FF8B, #8BDEFF, #E68BFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFF5F1

Lighter +10%#FFD0BE

Darker −10%#FF8858

Darker −20%#FF6325

Darker −30%#F14500

Darker −40%#BE3600

More saturated +25%#FFAC8B

Less saturated −25%#F1B29A

Channel breakdown

R255

G172

B139

Red255 (100%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue17.07°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G AC · B 8B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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