All About Color Orange Red

#FF4500

Displayed at right is the web color orange-red. It was formulated in 1987 as one of the X11 colors, which became known as the X11 web colors after the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991.

About Orange Red

Orange Red is a medium orange color with the hex code #FF4500. In RGB it is red 255, green 69, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 16°, saturation 100%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 0%, 73%, 100%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 3.44:1 on white and 6.10:1 on black.

#FF4500 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, 45, 00
CMYK0.00%, 72.94%, 100.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 69, 0
HSL16°, 100%, 50%
RGB Octal377, 105, 0
HSV (HSB)16.24°, 100.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 1000101, 0
CIE-L*AB57.57, 67.80, 68.97
RGB Percent100.00%, 27.06%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH57.57, 96.71, 45.49
XYZ43.37, 25.52, 2.64
CIE-L*UV57.57, 151.08, 45.49
xyY0.61, 0.36, 25.52
Hunter-Lab50.51, 64.85, 32.26
RYB100.00%, 37.10%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FF4500 on a dark background: contrast 6.10:1, passes WCAG AA.
#FF4500 on a light background: contrast 3.44:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

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

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Orange Red. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FF4500 · #FF875C · #A32C00 · #00BBFF · #5CD3FF

Analogous palette

#FF00BB · #FF003B · #FF4500 · #FFC300 · #BBFF00

Triadic palette

#FF4500 · #00FF44 · #4400FF · #FF875C · #5CFF87

Tetradic palette

#FF4500 · #3BFF00 · #00BBFF · #C300FF · #A32C00

Monochromatic palette

#661B00 · #B33000 · #FF4500 · #FF7C4D · #FFB499

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