Colour

#E77F55

#E77F55
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Coral

#E77F55 is a orange with RGB values 231, 127, 85 and HSL 17°, 75%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

#E77F55#E77F55

HEX#E77F55

RGBrgb(231, 127, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.498, 0.3333

RGB percentages90.6%, 49.8%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(17.3, 75.3%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.3, 63.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 45%, 63.2%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,171,413

CSS custom property--colour: #E77F55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.56:1

Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#1880AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B8D51no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4A454no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FC6B75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 11.9 Light salmon · ΔE 13.1 Salmon · ΔE 14.5 Dark salmon · ΔE 16.1 Peru · ΔE 17.1 Sandy brown · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 11.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55BDE7

Analogous#E75574, #E7C855

Triadic#55E77F, #7F55E7

Split complementary#55E7C8, #5574E7

Tetradic#74E755, #55BDE7, #C855E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAE4DB

Lighter +20%#F4C2AE

Lighter +10%#EDA182

Darker −10%#E15D28

Darker −20%#BC491A

Darker −30%#8F3714

Darker −40%#62260E

More saturated +25%#FF753D

Less saturated −25%#CF896D

Channel breakdown

R231

G127

B85

Red231 (90.6%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue17.26°

Saturation (HSL)75.26%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 7F · B 55

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