Recognised as Colour

#E79165

#E79165
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#E79165 is a orange with RGB values 231, 145, 101 and HSL 20°, 73%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E79165#E79165

HEX#E79165

RGBrgb(231, 145, 101)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5686, 0.3961

RGB percentages90.6%, 56.9%, 39.6%

HSLhsl(20.3, 73%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.3, 56.3%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 37.2%, 56.3%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,176,037

CSS custom property--colour: #E79165;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.64:1

Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#186E9A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89B61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDAD65no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FA8186no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 7.7 Dark salmon · ΔE 9.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 12.7 Peru · ΔE 14.5 Salmon · ΔE 18.7 Coral · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#65BBE7

Analogous#E7657A, #E7D265

Triadic#65E791, #9165E7

Split complementary#65E7D2, #657AE7

Tetradic#7AE765, #65BBE7, #D265E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF0E9

Lighter +20%#F5D0BD

Lighter +10%#EEB191

Darker −10%#E07139

Darker −20%#C7581F

Darker −30%#9B4418

Darker −40%#6F3111

More saturated +25%#FD8A4F

Less saturated −25%#D1987B

Channel breakdown

R231

G145

B101

Red231 (90.6%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue101 (39.6%)

Hue20.31°

Saturation (HSL)73.03%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 91 · B 65

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