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Recognised as Colour

#E5AB97

  • #E5AB97
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E5AB97 is a orange with RGB values 229, 171, 151 and HSL 15°, 60%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E5AB97#E5AB97
HEX#E5AB97
RGBrgb(229, 171, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.6706, 0.5922
RGB percentages89.8%, 67.1%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(15.4, 60%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15.4, 34.1%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 25.3%, 34.1%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,051,671
CSS custom property--colour: #E5AB97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.6:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#1A5468

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B196no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6BD97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F3A2A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 14.1Tan · ΔE 14.8Burlywood · ΔE 16.4Rosy brown · ΔE 16.5Light pink · ΔE 17.6Peach puff · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 14.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97D1E5
Analogous#E597AA, #E5D297
Triadic#97E5AB, #AB97E5
Split complementary#97E5D2, #97AAE5
Tetradic#AAE597, #97D1E5, #D297E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9EDE9
Lighter +10%#EFCCC0
Darker −10%#DB8A6E
Darker −20%#D16945
Darker −30%#B6502D
Darker −40%#8D3E23
More saturated +25%#F5A387
Less saturated −25%#D5B3A7

Channel breakdown

R229
G171
B151
Red229 (89.8%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue15.38°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G AB · B 97

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