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Recognised as Colour

#E6936B

  • #E6936B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E6936B is a orange with RGB values 230, 147, 107 and HSL 20°, 71%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E6936B#E6936B
HEX#E6936B
RGBrgb(230, 147, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5765, 0.4196
RGB percentages90.2%, 57.6%, 42%
HSLhsl(19.5, 71.1%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.5, 53.5%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 36.1%, 53.5%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,111,019
CSS custom property--colour: #E6936B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#196C94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A99C68no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDAE6Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F98489no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 6.6Light salmon · ΔE 7.5Sandy brown · ΔE 14.4Peru · ΔE 16.5Salmon · ΔE 18.7Light coral · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 6.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BBEE6
Analogous#E66B81, #E6D06B
Triadic#6BE693, #936BE6
Split complementary#6BE6D1, #6B81E6
Tetradic#81E66B, #6BBEE6, #D16BE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF3EE
Lighter +20%#F5D3C2
Lighter +10%#EDB397
Darker −10%#DF733F
Darker −20%#C95822
Darker −30%#9D451B
Darker −40%#723213
More saturated +25%#FC8B55
Less saturated −25%#D09B81

Channel breakdown

R230
G147
B107
Red230 (90.2%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue19.51°
Saturation (HSL)71.1%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 93 · B 6B

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