Recognised as Colour

#E6690F

#E6690F
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#E6690F is a orange with RGB values 230, 105, 15 and HSL 25°, 88%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#E6690F

RGBrgb(230, 105, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.4118, 0.0588

RGB percentages90.2%, 41.2%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(25.1, 87.8%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25.1, 93.5%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 54.3%, 93.5%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,100,175

CSS custom property--colour: #E6690F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.39:1

Contrast with white3.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.39:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#1996F0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D7C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9904no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FD4B5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 11.3 Dark orange · ΔE 17 Coral · ΔE 19.1 Tomato · ΔE 22.8 Orange red · ΔE 23.6 Peru · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 11.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F8CE6

Analogous#E60F21, #E6D40F

Triadic#0FE669, #690FE6

Split complementary#0FE6D4, #0F21E6

Tetradic#21E60F, #0F8CE6, #D40FE6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBDCC6

Lighter +30%#F8BF96

Lighter +20%#F5A266

Lighter +10%#F28536

Darker −10%#B6530C

Darker −20%#863D09

Darker −30%#562706

Darker −40%#261203

More saturated +25%#F56700

Less saturated −25%#C76E2E

Channel breakdown

R230

G105

B15

Red230 (90.2%)

Green105 (41.2%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue25.12°

Saturation (HSL)87.76%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 69 · B 0F

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