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Recognised as Colour

#E4986C

  • #E4986C
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E4986C is a orange with RGB values 228, 152, 108 and HSL 22°, 69%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E4986C#E4986C
HEX#E4986C
RGBrgb(228, 152, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.5961, 0.4235
RGB percentages89.4%, 59.6%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(22, 69%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22, 52.6%, 89.4%)
CMYK0%, 33.3%, 52.6%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,981,228
CSS custom property--colour: #E4986C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#1B6793

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADA068no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFB06Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F68A8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 8.2Light salmon · ΔE 9.2Sandy brown · ΔE 12.9Peru · ΔE 15.5Burlywood · ΔE 19Tan · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 8.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6CB8E4
Analogous#E46C7C, #E4D46C
Triadic#6CE498, #986CE4
Split complementary#6CE4D4, #6C7CE4
Tetradic#7CE46C, #6CB8E4, #D46CE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF3ED
Lighter +20%#F4D4C2
Lighter +10%#ECB697
Darker −10%#DC7A41
Darker −20%#C65F24
Darker −30%#9B4B1C
Darker −40%#703614
More saturated +25%#FA9256
Less saturated −25%#CE9E82

Channel breakdown

R228
G152
B108
Red228 (89.4%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue22°
Saturation (HSL)68.97%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E4 · G 98 · B 6C

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