Orange Red color (#FF4500)
Orange Red is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword orangered
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #FF4500, which is rgb(255, 69, 0) in RGB.
It is a medium, vivid warm color with a hue angle of 16° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 66% in OKLCH. On a orange red background, black text gives the higher contrast at 6.10:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Orange Red color codes
| CSS name | orangered |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #FF4500 |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #FF4500FF |
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| RGB | rgb(255, 69, 0) |
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| HSL | hsl(16, 100%, 50%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(16, 100%, 100%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(66% 0.2294 35.4) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 100%, 0%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for orange red used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of orange red
Tints mix orange red with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with orange red
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Orange Red with color blindness
Approximately how orange red appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using orange red in CSS
.element {
color: orangered;
background-color: #ff4500;
border-color: rgb(255 69 0 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(66% 0.2294 35.4);
}Similar named colors
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