Recognised as Colour

#E45516

#E45516
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#E45516 is a orange with RGB values 228, 85, 22 and HSL 18°, 82%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#E45516#E45516

HEX#E45516

RGBrgb(228, 85, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.3333, 0.0863

RGB percentages89.4%, 33.3%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(18.3, 82.4%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.3, 90.4%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 62.7%, 90.4%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,963,990

CSS custom property--colour: #E45516;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.61:1

Contrast with white3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#1BAAE9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7F7003no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A29008no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FB2C4Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 16 Chocolate · ΔE 16.4 Orange red · ΔE 17.4 Coral · ΔE 19.1 Dark orange · ΔE 26.7 Firebrick · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 16.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#16A5E4

Analogous#E4163E, #E4BC16

Triadic#16E455, #5516E4

Split complementary#16E4BC, #163EE4

Tetradic#3EE416, #16A5E4, #BC16E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FADACC

Lighter +30%#F6B89D

Lighter +20%#F1976F

Lighter +10%#ED7540

Darker −10%#B54412

Darker −20%#87320D

Darker −30%#582109

Darker −40%#2A1004

More saturated +25%#FA4C00

Less saturated −25%#C56135

Channel breakdown

R228

G85

B22

Red228 (89.4%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue18.35°

Saturation (HSL)82.4%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G 55 · B 16

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