Recognised as Colour

#E26736

#E26736
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Coral

#E26736 is a orange with RGB values 226, 103, 54 and HSL 17°, 75%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

#E26736#E26736

HEX#E26736

RGBrgb(226, 103, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.4039, 0.2118

RGB percentages88.6%, 40.4%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(17.1, 74.8%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.1, 76.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 54.4%, 76.1%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,837,558

CSS custom property--colour: #E26736;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26136WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.23:1

Contrast with white3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.23:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#1D98C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#897B30no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79633no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F84C5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 9.3 Chocolate · ΔE 11.1 Tomato · ΔE 13.8 Salmon · ΔE 22.2 Peru · ΔE 23.9 Firebrick · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 9.32, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#36B1E2

Analogous#E2365B, #E2BD36

Triadic#36E267, #6736E2

Split complementary#36E2BD, #365BE2

Tetradic#5BE236, #36B1E2, #BD36E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCEEE8

Lighter +30%#F5CCBC

Lighter +20%#EFAA8F

Lighter +10%#E88963

Darker −10%#C84E1D

Darker −20%#9C3C16

Darker −30%#6F2B10

Darker −40%#421A0A

More saturated +25%#FF5B19

Less saturated −25%#C57353

Channel breakdown

R226

G103

B54

Red226 (88.6%)

Green103 (40.4%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue17.09°

Saturation (HSL)74.78%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 67 · B 36

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