Recognised as Colour

#BB6E4C

#BB6E4C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#BB6E4C is a orange with RGB values 187, 110, 76 and HSL 18°, 45%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#BB6E4C

RGBrgb(187, 110, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.4314, 0.298

RGB percentages73.3%, 43.1%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(18.4, 44.9%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.4, 59.4%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 41.2%, 59.4%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,283,468

CSS custom property--colour: #BB6E4C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.45:1

Contrast with white3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.45:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#4491B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#827849no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#95884Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Tritanopia#CB6066no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 11.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 16.2 Peru · ΔE 18.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.1 Indian red · ΔE 20.1 Light salmon · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4C99BB

Analogous#BB4C61, #BBA54C

Triadic#4CBB6E, #6E4CBB

Split complementary#4CBBA5, #4C62BB

Tetradic#61BB4C, #4C99BB, #A54CBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3E6E0

Lighter +30%#E5C8BB

Lighter +20%#D7AA96

Lighter +10%#C98C71

Darker −10%#9A583A

Darker −20%#75422C

Darker −30%#502D1E

Darker −40%#2B1810

More saturated +25%#DA622D

Less saturated −25%#9C7A6B

Channel breakdown

R187

G110

B76

Red187 (73.3%)

Green110 (43.1%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue18.38°

Saturation (HSL)44.94%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 6E · B 4C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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