#f78e5c

Color #f78e5c

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Coral #ff7f50 · ΔE 10.88 Nearest Tailwind class orange-500 #ff6900 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#f78e5c

RGB

rgb(247, 142, 92)

HSL

hsl(19.4, 90.6%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(19.4, 62.8%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 62.8%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(69.4, 35.45, 43.5)

LCH

lch(69.4, 56.12, 50.82)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.1431, 45.34)

HWB

hwb(19.4, 36.1%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5cc5f7

Analogous

#f75c78

#f78e5c

#f7dc5c

Triadic

#f78e5c

#5cf78e

#8e5cf7

Split-complementary

#f78e5c

#5cf7dc

#5c78f7

Tetradic

#f78e5c

#c5f75c

#5cc5f7

#8e5cf7

Square

#f78e5c

#78f75c

#5cc5f7

#dc5cf7

Shades

Color #f78e5c mixed toward black.

#f46926

#d74d0b

#a23a08

#6c2605

#361303

Tints

Color #f78e5c mixed toward white.

#f8a177

#fab492

#fbc7ae

#fcd9c9

#feece4

Tones

Color #f78e5c mixed toward gray.

#ea9369

#dd9776

#d09c83

#c3a090

#b6a59d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d2d16b · ΔE 34.8

Deuteranopia

#d7de6e · ΔE 38.2

Tritanopia

#f37577 · ΔE 16.1

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f78e5c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f78e5c]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#f78e5c (#f78e5c) is rgb(247, 142, 92) in RGB.

No, #f78e5c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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