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Recognised as Colour

#E69778

  • #E69778
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E69778 is a orange with RGB values 230, 151, 120 and HSL 17°, 69%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E69778#E69778
HEX#E69778
RGBrgb(230, 151, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5922, 0.4706
RGB percentages90.2%, 59.2%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(16.9, 68.8%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.9, 47.8%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 34.3%, 47.8%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,112,056
CSS custom property--colour: #E69778;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.06:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#196887

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABA076no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEB177no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F88A8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 2.1Light salmon · ΔE 9.4Sandy brown · ΔE 19Salmon · ΔE 19.1Light coral · ΔE 19.1Burlywood · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 2.07, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78C7E6
Analogous#E67890, #E6CE78
Triadic#78E697, #9778E6
Split complementary#78E6CE, #7890E6
Tetradic#90E678, #78C7E6, #CE78E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFAF9
Lighter +20%#F6D9CE
Lighter +10%#EEB8A3
Darker −10%#DE764D
Darker −20%#D15727
Darker −30%#A6451F
Darker −40%#7B3317
More saturated +25%#FA8E64
Less saturated −25%#D2A08C

Channel breakdown

R230
G151
B120
Red230 (90.2%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue16.91°
Saturation (HSL)68.75%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 97 · B 78

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