Recognised as Colour

#E49060

#E49060
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#E49060 is a orange with RGB values 228, 144, 96 and HSL 22°, 71%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E49060#E49060

HEX#E49060

RGBrgb(228, 144, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.5647, 0.3765

RGB percentages89.4%, 56.5%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(21.8, 71%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.8, 57.9%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 36.8%, 57.9%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,979,168

CSS custom property--colour: #E49060;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness169.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.46:1

Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#1B6F9F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7995Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBAC60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F78084no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 9.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 11.1 Sandy brown · ΔE 11.3 Peru · ΔE 12.4 Coral · ΔE 20.3 Salmon · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 9.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#60B4E4

Analogous#E46072, #E4D260

Triadic#60E490, #9060E4

Split complementary#60E4D2, #6072E4

Tetradic#72E460, #60B4E4, #D260E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAEBE3

Lighter +20%#F3CDB7

Lighter +10%#EBAE8C

Darker −10%#DD7234

Darker −20%#BE5A20

Darker −30%#924519

Darker −40%#673011

More saturated +25%#FB8A49

Less saturated −25%#CD9677

Channel breakdown

R228

G144

B96

Red228 (89.4%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue21.82°

Saturation (HSL)70.97%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G 90 · B 60

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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