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Colour

#E5936B

  • #E5936B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E5936B is a orange with RGB values 229, 147, 107 and HSL 20°, 70%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E5936B#E5936B
HEX#E5936B
RGBrgb(229, 147, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.5765, 0.4196
RGB percentages89.8%, 57.6%, 42%
HSLhsl(19.7, 70.1%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.7, 53.3%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 35.8%, 53.3%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,045,483
CSS custom property--colour: #E5936B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38587WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.72:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#1A6C94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A99C68no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCAE6Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F88489no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 6.5Light salmon · ΔE 7.8Sandy brown · ΔE 14.5Peru · ΔE 16.4Salmon · ΔE 19.1Light coral · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 6.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BBDE5
Analogous#E56B80, #E5D06B
Triadic#6BE593, #936BE5
Split complementary#6BE5D0, #6B80E5
Tetradic#80E56B, #6BBDE5, #D06BE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF2ED
Lighter +20%#F4D2C2
Lighter +10%#EDB396
Darker −10%#DD7340
Darker −20%#C75923
Darker −30%#9C451B
Darker −40%#703214
More saturated +25%#FB8C55
Less saturated −25%#CF9A81

Channel breakdown

R229
G147
B107
Red229 (89.8%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue19.67°
Saturation (HSL)70.11%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 93 · B 6B

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