Recognised as Colour

#E48463

#E48463
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark salmon

#E48463 is a orange with RGB values 228, 132, 99 and HSL 15°, 70%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#E48463

RGBrgb(228, 132, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.5176, 0.3882

RGB percentages89.4%, 51.8%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(15.3, 70.5%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15.3, 56.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 42.1%, 56.6%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,976,099

CSS custom property--colour: #E48463;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1

Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#1B7B9C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D9160no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4A562no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F7737Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 9.5 Light salmon · ΔE 10.1 Salmon · ΔE 12.6 Light coral · ΔE 16.9 Coral · ΔE 18.2 Peru · ΔE 19.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 9.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#63C3E4

Analogous#E46383, #E4C563

Triadic#63E484, #8463E4

Split complementary#63E4C5, #6382E4

Tetradic#82E463, #63C3E4, #C463E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBEBE5

Lighter +20%#F3C9BA

Lighter +10%#ECA68E

Darker −10%#DC6238

Darker −20%#C04A21

Darker −30%#94391A

Darker −40%#692812

More saturated +25%#FB794C

Less saturated −25%#CD8F7A

Channel breakdown

R228

G132

B99

Red228 (89.4%)

Green132 (51.8%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue15.35°

Saturation (HSL)70.49%

Lightness64.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G 84 · B 63

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