Colour

#BB7755

#BB7755
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark salmon

#BB7755 is a orange with RGB values 187, 119, 85 and HSL 20°, 43%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#BB7755

HEX (short)#B75

RGBrgb(187, 119, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.4667, 0.3333

RGB percentages73.3%, 46.7%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(20, 42.9%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20, 54.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 36.4%, 54.5%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,285,781

CSS custom property--colour: #BB7755;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1

Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#4488AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#897F52no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#998D55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CA6B6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 14.4 Sienna · ΔE 15.4 Peru · ΔE 19.1 Light salmon · ΔE 20.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 22.4 Indian red · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 14.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5599BB

Analogous#BB5566, #BBAA55

Triadic#55BB77, #7755BB

Split complementary#55BBAA, #5566BB

Tetradic#66BB55, #5599BB, #AA55BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5ECE7

Lighter +30%#E7CEC2

Lighter +20%#D8B19E

Lighter +10%#CA9479

Darker −10%#9E5F3F

Darker −20%#794931

Darker −30%#553322

Darker −40%#311D13

More saturated +25%#D96D37

Less saturated −25%#9D8173

Channel breakdown

R187

G119

B85

Red187 (73.3%)

Green119 (46.7%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue20°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 77 · B 55

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