Recognised as Colour

#E55518

#E55518
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#E55518 is a orange with RGB values 229, 85, 24 and HSL 18°, 81%, 50%. 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

#E55518#E55518

HEX#E55518

RGBrgb(229, 85, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.3333, 0.0941

RGB percentages89.8%, 33.3%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(17.9, 81%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.9, 89.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 62.9%, 89.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,029,528

CSS custom property--colour: #E55518;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.64:1

Contrast with white3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#1AAAE7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7F7007no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59 from the original

Deuteranopia#A3900Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FC2B4Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 15.5 Chocolate · ΔE 16.7 Orange red · ΔE 17.2 Coral · ΔE 18.9 Dark orange · ΔE 27.1 Firebrick · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 15.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#18A8E5

Analogous#E51841, #E5BC18

Triadic#18E555, #5518E5

Split complementary#18E5BC, #1841E5

Tetradic#41E518, #18A8E5, #BC18E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FADCCF

Lighter +30%#F5BAA1

Lighter +20%#F09873

Lighter +10%#EB7645

Darker −10%#B74413

Darker −20%#89330E

Darker −30%#5B2209

Darker −40%#2C1005

More saturated +25%#FD4B00

Less saturated −25%#C56238

Channel breakdown

R229

G85

B24

Red229 (89.8%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue17.85°

Saturation (HSL)81.03%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G 55 · B 18

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