Colour

#E78055

#E78055
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Coral

#E78055 is a orange with RGB values 231, 128, 85 and HSL 18°, 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

#E78055#E78055

HEX#E78055

RGBrgb(231, 128, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.502, 0.3333

RGB percentages90.6%, 50.2%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(17.7, 75.3%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.7, 63.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 44.6%, 63.2%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,171,669

CSS custom property--colour: #E78055;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.62:1

Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#187FAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8E51no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4A454no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FC6D76no 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 text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 12.1 Light salmon · ΔE 12.8 Salmon · ΔE 15 Dark salmon · ΔE 16 Peru · ΔE 16.5 Sandy brown · ΔE 17.4

Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 12.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55BCE7

Analogous#E75573, #E7C955

Triadic#55E780, #8055E7

Split complementary#55E7C9, #5573E7

Tetradic#73E755, #55BCE7, #C955E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAE4DB

Lighter +20%#F4C3AE

Lighter +10%#EDA182

Darker −10%#E15F28

Darker −20%#BC4A1A

Darker −30%#8F3814

Darker −40%#62270E

More saturated +25%#FF763D

Less saturated −25%#CF8A6D

Channel breakdown

R231

G128

B85

Red231 (90.6%)

Green128 (50.2%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue17.67°

Saturation (HSL)75.26%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 80 · B 55

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