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Recognised as Colour

#E28556

  • #E28556
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#E28556 is a orange with RGB values 226, 133, 86 and HSL 20°, 71%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E28556#E28556
HEX#E28556
RGBrgb(226, 133, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.5216, 0.3373
RGB percentages88.6%, 52.2%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(20.1, 70.7%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.1, 61.9%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 41.2%, 61.9%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,845,270
CSS custom property--colour: #E28556;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.72:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#1D7AA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E9052no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5A555no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F6737Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 11.6Peru · ΔE 12.9Dark salmon · ΔE 14Sandy brown · ΔE 14.1Coral · ΔE 15.9Salmon · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 11.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56B3E2
Analogous#E2566D, #E2CB56
Triadic#56E285, #8556E2
Split complementary#56E2CB, #566DE2
Tetradic#6DE256, #56B3E2, #CB56E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8E3D9
Lighter +20%#F1C4AD
Lighter +10%#E9A482
Darker −10%#DB662A
Darker −20%#B3511F
Darker −30%#883D17
Darker −40%#5C2910
More saturated +25%#FB7D3D
Less saturated −25%#C98D6F

Channel breakdown

R226
G133
B86
Red226 (88.6%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue20.14°
Saturation (HSL)70.71%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G 85 · B 56

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