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Recognised as Colour

#E68666

  • #E68666
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E68666 is a orange with RGB values 230, 134, 102 and HSL 15°, 72%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E68666#E68666
HEX#E68666
RGBrgb(230, 134, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5255, 0.4
RGB percentages90.2%, 52.5%, 40%
HSLhsl(15, 71.9%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15, 55.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 41.7%, 55.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,107,686
CSS custom property--colour: #E68666;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.97:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#197999

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E9363no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6A765no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F9757Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 8.8Light salmon · ΔE 9.5Salmon · ΔE 12.3Light coral · ΔE 16.3Coral · ΔE 18.7Sandy brown · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 8.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66C6E6
Analogous#E66686, #E6C666
Triadic#66E686, #8666E6
Split complementary#66E6C6, #6686E6
Tetradic#86E666, #66C6E6, #C666E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEEEA
Lighter +20%#F4CBBE
Lighter +10%#EDA992
Darker −10%#DF633A
Darker −20%#C64A20
Darker −30%#9A3919
Darker −40%#6E2912
More saturated +25%#FC7B50
Less saturated −25%#D0917C

Channel breakdown

R230
G134
B102
Red230 (90.2%)
Green134 (52.5%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue15°
Saturation (HSL)71.91%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 86 · B 66

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