Recognised as Colour

#CD6E26

#CD6E26
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#CD6E26 is a orange with RGB values 205, 110, 38 and HSL 26°, 69%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#CD6E26

RGBrgb(205, 110, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.4314, 0.149

RGB percentages80.4%, 43.1%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(25.9, 68.7%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25.9, 81.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK0%, 46.3%, 81.5%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,463,078

CSS custom property--colour: #CD6E26;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.85:1

Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#3291D9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A7A1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A18F25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E15960no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 5.3 Peru · ΔE 13.8 Coral · ΔE 17.9 Sandy brown · ΔE 21.2 Sienna · ΔE 22.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 5.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2685CD

Analogous#CD2632, #CDC226

Triadic#26CD6E, #6E26CD

Split complementary#26CDC2, #2631CD

Tetradic#31CD26, #2685CD, #C226CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5DDCA

Lighter +30%#EDC19F

Lighter +20%#E5A574

Lighter +10%#DD8949

Darker −10%#A2571E

Darker −20%#774016

Darker −30%#4C290E

Darker −40%#211206

More saturated +25%#EB6A08

Less saturated −25%#AF7244

Channel breakdown

R205

G110

B38

Red205 (80.4%)

Green110 (43.1%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue25.87°

Saturation (HSL)68.72%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CD · G 6E · B 26

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Colour harmonies

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