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Recognised as Colour

#E29272

  • #E29272
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E29272 is a orange with RGB values 226, 146, 114 and HSL 17°, 66%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E29272#E29272
HEX#E29272
RGBrgb(226, 146, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.5725, 0.4471
RGB percentages88.6%, 57.3%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(17.1, 65.9%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(17.1, 49.6%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 35.4%, 49.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,848,626
CSS custom property--colour: #E29272;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37941WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.59:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#1D6D8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A79B6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAAC71no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F4858Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 2.9Light salmon · ΔE 9.7Salmon · ΔE 18.4Sandy brown · ΔE 18.7Light coral · ΔE 18.9Peru · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 2.9, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72C2E2
Analogous#E2728A, #E2CA72
Triadic#72E292, #9272E2
Split complementary#72E2CA, #728AE2
Tetradic#8AE272, #72C2E2, #CA72E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF4F1
Lighter +20%#F3D3C7
Lighter +10%#EBB39C
Darker −10%#D97148
Darker −20%#C55529
Darker −30%#9B4320
Darker −40%#713117
More saturated +25%#F7895D
Less saturated −25%#CD9B87

Channel breakdown

R226
G146
B114
Red226 (88.6%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue17.14°
Saturation (HSL)65.88%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G 92 · B 72

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