Recognised as Colour

#E6835E

#E6835E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#E6835E is a orange with RGB values 230, 131, 94 and HSL 16°, 73%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#E6835E

RGBrgb(230, 131, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5137, 0.3686

RGB percentages90.2%, 51.4%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(16.3, 73.1%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(16.3, 59.1%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 43%, 59.1%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,106,910

CSS custom property--colour: #E6835E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.77:1

Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#197CA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D905Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5A65Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FA717Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 10.5 Dark salmon · ΔE 11.9 Salmon · ΔE 13.1 Coral · ΔE 15.6 Peru · ΔE 17.8 Sandy brown · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5EC1E6

Analogous#E65E7D, #E6C75E

Triadic#5EE683, #835EE6

Split complementary#5EE6C7, #5E7DE6

Tetradic#7DE65E, #5EC1E6, #C75EE6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBE9E2

Lighter +20%#F4C7B6

Lighter +10%#EDA58A

Darker −10%#DF6132

Darker −20%#C04A1E

Darker −30%#943917

Darker −40%#682810

More saturated +25%#FD7847

Less saturated −25%#CF8E75

Channel breakdown

R230

G131

B94

Red230 (90.2%)

Green131 (51.4%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue16.32°

Saturation (HSL)73.12%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 83 · B 5E

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