Recognised as Colour

#E6601B

#E6601B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#E6601B is a orange with RGB values 230, 96, 27 and HSL 20°, 80%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#E6601B#E6601B

HEX#E6601B

RGBrgb(230, 96, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.3765, 0.1059

RGB percentages90.2%, 37.6%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(20.4, 80.2%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.4, 88.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 58.3%, 88.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,097,883

CSS custom property--colour: #E6601B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.05:1

Contrast with white3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.05:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#199FE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#877709no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79513no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FD3E54no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 12.5 Coral · ΔE 16.5 Tomato · ΔE 17 Orange red · ΔE 20.7 Dark orange · ΔE 23 Firebrick · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 12.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1BA1E6

Analogous#E61B3B, #E6C61B

Triadic#1BE660, #601BE6

Split complementary#1BE6C6, #1B3BE6

Tetradic#3BE61B, #1BA1E6, #C61BE6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAE0D3

Lighter +30%#F5C0A5

Lighter +20%#F0A077

Lighter +10%#EB8049

Darker −10%#BA4D14

Darker −20%#8C3A0F

Darker −30%#5E270A

Darker −40%#301405

More saturated +25%#FF5802

Less saturated −25%#C66A3B

Channel breakdown

R230

G96

B27

Red230 (90.2%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue20.39°

Saturation (HSL)80.24%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 60 · B 1B

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