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Recognised as Colour

#E68A68

  • #E68A68
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E68A68 is a orange with RGB values 230, 138, 104 and HSL 16°, 72%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E68A68#E68A68
HEX#E68A68
RGBrgb(230, 138, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5412, 0.4078
RGB percentages90.2%, 54.1%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(16.2, 71.6%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.2, 54.8%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 40%, 54.8%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,108,712
CSS custom property--colour: #E68A68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.2:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#197597

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A29665no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8A967no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F97A82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 7.3Light salmon · ΔE 8.3Salmon · ΔE 14.1Light coral · ΔE 17.5Sandy brown · ΔE 17.9Peru · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68C4E6
Analogous#E66885, #E6C968
Triadic#68E68A, #8A68E6
Split complementary#68E6C9, #6885E6
Tetradic#85E668, #68C4E6, #C968E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF0EB
Lighter +20%#F4CEC0
Lighter +10%#EDAC94
Darker −10%#DF683C
Darker −20%#C74E21
Darker −30%#9B3D1A
Darker −40%#702C12
More saturated +25%#FC8052
Less saturated −25%#D0947E

Channel breakdown

R230
G138
B104
Red230 (90.2%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue16.19°
Saturation (HSL)71.59%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 8A · B 68

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