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Recognised as Colour

#E78F63

  • #E78F63
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#E78F63 is a orange with RGB values 231, 143, 99 and HSL 20°, 73%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E78F63#E78F63
HEX#E78F63
RGBrgb(231, 143, 99)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5608, 0.3882
RGB percentages90.6%, 56.1%, 38.8%
HSLhsl(20, 73.3%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20, 57.1%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 38.1%, 57.1%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,175,523
CSS custom property--colour: #E78F63;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.51:1
Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#18709C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7995Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCAC62no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FA7F84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 7.9Dark salmon · ΔE 9.8Sandy brown · ΔE 12.9Peru · ΔE 14.4Salmon · ΔE 18.1Coral · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 7.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63BBE7
Analogous#E76379, #E7D163
Triadic#63E78F, #8F63E7
Split complementary#63E7D1, #6379E7
Tetradic#79E763, #63BBE7, #D163E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEEE8
Lighter +20%#F5CEBB
Lighter +10%#EEAF8F
Darker −10%#E06F37
Darker −20%#C6561E
Darker −30%#994318
Darker −40%#6D3011
More saturated +25%#FE874C
Less saturated −25%#D19679

Channel breakdown

R231
G143
B99
Red231 (90.6%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue99 (38.8%)
Hue20°
Saturation (HSL)73.33%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 8F · B 63

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