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Recognised as Colour

#C97E62

  • #C97E62
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#C97E62 is a orange with RGB values 201, 126, 98 and HSL 16°, 49%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#C97E62#C97E62
HEX#C97E62
RGBrgb(201, 126, 98)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.4941, 0.3843
RGB percentages78.8%, 49.4%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(16.3, 48.8%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.3, 51.2%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 37.3%, 51.2%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,205,090
CSS custom property--colour: #C97E62;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.64:1
Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#36819D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#918760no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A39761no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D97177no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 10Light salmon · ΔE 17.1Sienna · ΔE 18.5Light coral · ΔE 19.4Salmon · ΔE 20.5Indian red · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62ADC9
Analogous#C9627A, #C9B262
Triadic#62C97E, #7E62C9
Split complementary#62C9B2, #627AC9
Tetradic#7AC962, #62ADC9, #B262C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFBFA
Lighter +30%#F0DCD4
Lighter +20%#E3BCAE
Lighter +10%#D69D88
Darker −10%#B9603F
Darker −20%#934D32
Darker −30%#6D3925
Darker −40%#472518
More saturated +25%#E37248
Less saturated −25%#AF8A7C

Channel breakdown

R201
G126
B98
Red201 (78.8%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue16.31°
Saturation (HSL)48.82%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G 7E · B 62

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