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Recognised as Colour

#E78C59

  • #E78C59
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#E78C59 is a orange with RGB values 231, 140, 89 and HSL 22°, 75%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E78C59#E78C59
HEX#E78C59
RGBrgb(231, 140, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.549, 0.349
RGB percentages90.6%, 54.9%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(21.5, 74.7%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21.5, 61.5%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 39.4%, 61.5%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,174,745
CSS custom property--colour: #E78C59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36466WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.29:1
Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#1873A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A59754no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBAB58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FB7A80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 10.6Sandy brown · ΔE 11.2Peru · ΔE 11.8Dark salmon · ΔE 14.3Coral · ΔE 16.5Salmon · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 10.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59B4E7
Analogous#E7596D, #E7D359
Triadic#59E78C, #8C59E7
Split complementary#59E7D3, #596DE7
Tetradic#6DE759, #59B4E7, #D359E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAE9DF
Lighter +20%#F4CAB2
Lighter +10%#EDAB86
Darker −10%#E16D2C
Darker −20%#BE561C
Darker −30%#924215
Darker −40%#652E0F
More saturated +25%#FF8541
Less saturated −25%#CF9371

Channel breakdown

R231
G140
B89
Red231 (90.6%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue21.55°
Saturation (HSL)74.74%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 8C · B 59

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