All About Color #FF5500

#FF5500

About #FF5500

#FF5500 is a medium orange color with the hex code #FF5500. In RGB it is red 255, green 85, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 20°, saturation 100%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 0%, 67%, 100%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 3.21:1 on white and 6.55:1 on black.

#FF5500 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, 55, 00
CMYK0.00%, 66.67%, 100.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 85, 0
HSL20°, 100%, 50%
RGB Octal377, 125, 0
HSV (HSB)20.00°, 100.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 1010101, 0
CIE-L*AB59.67, 62.06, 69.97
RGB Percent100.00%, 33.33%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH59.67, 93.53, 48.43
XYZ44.49, 27.76, 3.01
CIE-L*UV59.67, 140.32, 49.12
xyY0.59, 0.37, 27.76
Hunter-Lab52.68, 58.53, 33.49
RYB100.00%, 50.00%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FF5500 on a dark background: contrast 6.55:1, passes WCAG AA.
#FF5500 on a light background: contrast 3.21:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FF5500, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#FF5500 · #FF925C · #A33600 · #00AAFF · #5CC9FF

Analogous palette

#FF00AA · #FF002B · #FF5500 · #FFD500 · #AAFF00

Triadic palette

#FF5500 · #00FF55 · #5500FF · #FF925C · #5CFF92

Tetradic palette

#FF5500 · #2BFF00 · #00AAFF · #D400FF · #A33600

Monochromatic palette

#662200 · #B33B00 · #FF5500 · #FF884D · #FFBB99

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