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Recognised as Colour

#CA8E6F

  • #CA8E6F
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#CA8E6F is a orange with RGB values 202, 142, 111 and HSL 20°, 46%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#CA8E6F#CA8E6F
HEX#CA8E6F
RGBrgb(202, 142, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.5569, 0.4353
RGB percentages79.2%, 55.7%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(20.4, 46.2%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.4, 45%, 79.2%)
CMYK0%, 29.7%, 45%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,274,735
CSS custom property--colour: #CA8E6F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#357190

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E946Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACA16Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D98486no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 10.9Tan · ΔE 17.7Burlywood · ΔE 18.1Light salmon · ΔE 18.6Rosy brown · ΔE 19.1Peru · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 10.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FABCA
Analogous#CA6F7D, #CABC6F
Triadic#6FCA8E, #8E6FCA
Split complementary#6FCABB, #6F7ECA
Tetradic#7ECA6F, #6FABCA, #BB6FCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3E6DF
Lighter +20%#E5C9BA
Lighter +10%#D8AB94
Darker −10%#BC714A
Darker −20%#9A5A39
Darker −30%#75442B
Darker −40%#502E1D
More saturated +25%#E38656
Less saturated −25%#B19688

Channel breakdown

R202
G142
B111
Red202 (79.2%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue20.44°
Saturation (HSL)46.19%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CA · G 8E · B 6F

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