Recognised as Colour

#B27E60

#B27E60
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark salmon

#B27E60 is a orange with RGB values 178, 126, 96 and HSL 22°, 35%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#B27E60

RGBrgb(178, 126, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.4941, 0.3765

RGB percentages69.8%, 49.4%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(22, 34.7%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22, 46.1%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 29.2%, 46.1%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,697,760

CSS custom property--colour: #B27E60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25231WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.05:1

Contrast with white3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.05:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#4D819F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C835Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#998E60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BF7576no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 17.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 18.8 Tan · ΔE 21.1 Sienna · ΔE 21.8 Burlywood · ΔE 22.6 Peru · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 17.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6094B2

Analogous#B2606B, #B2A760

Triadic#60B27E, #7E60B2

Split complementary#60B2A7, #606BB2

Tetradic#6BB260, #6094B2, #A760B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5EEE9

Lighter +30%#E4D2C7

Lighter +20%#D3B6A5

Lighter +10%#C39A82

Darker −10%#966549

Darker −20%#744E38

Darker −30%#523727

Darker −40%#2F2017

More saturated +25%#D07642

Less saturated −25%#94867E

Channel breakdown

R178

G126

B96

Red178 (69.8%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue21.95°

Saturation (HSL)34.75%

Lightness53.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G 7E · B 60

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Colour harmonies

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