Recognised as Colour

#E17142

#E17142
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Coral

#E17142 is a orange with RGB values 225, 113, 66 and HSL 18°, 73%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

#E17142#E17142

HEX#E17142

RGBrgb(225, 113, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.4431, 0.2588

RGB percentages88.2%, 44.3%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(17.7, 72.6%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.7, 70.7%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 49.8%, 70.7%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,774,594

CSS custom property--colour: #E17142;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28211WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.1 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#858585

Inverted#1E8EBD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#90823Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9A40no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F65A67no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever 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

Coral · ΔE 9.1 Chocolate · ΔE 12.5 Tomato · ΔE 17.8 Salmon · ΔE 18.5 Peru · ΔE 19.1 Light salmon · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 9.11, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#42B2E1

Analogous#E14262, #E1C142

Triadic#42E171, #7142E1

Split complementary#42E1C1, #4262E1

Tetradic#62E142, #42B2E1, #C142E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDF5F2

Lighter +30%#F6D4C6

Lighter +20%#EFB39A

Lighter +10%#E8926E

Darker −10%#CF5421

Darker −20%#A3421A

Darker −30%#773113

Darker −40%#4B1F0C

More saturated +25%#FC6627

Less saturated −25%#C67C5D

Channel breakdown

R225

G113

B66

Red225 (88.2%)

Green113 (44.3%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue17.74°

Saturation (HSL)72.6%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 71 · B 42

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