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Recognised as Colour

#E7936B

  • #E7936B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E7936B is a orange with RGB values 231, 147, 107 and HSL 19°, 72%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E7936B#E7936B
HEX#E7936B
RGBrgb(231, 147, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5765, 0.4196
RGB percentages90.6%, 57.6%, 42%
HSLhsl(19.4, 72.1%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.4, 53.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 36.4%, 53.7%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,176,555
CSS custom property--colour: #E7936B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.78:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#186C94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A99D68no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDAF6Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FA8489no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 6.7Light salmon · ΔE 7.1Sandy brown · ΔE 14.3Peru · ΔE 16.5Salmon · ΔE 18.4Light coral · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 6.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BBFE7
Analogous#E76B81, #E7D16B
Triadic#6BE793, #936BE7
Split complementary#6BE7D1, #6B81E7
Tetradic#81E76B, #6BBFE7, #D16BE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF3EF
Lighter +20%#F5D3C3
Lighter +10%#EEB397
Darker −10%#E0733F
Darker −20%#CB5821
Darker −30%#9F451A
Darker −40%#733213
More saturated +25%#FD8B55
Less saturated −25%#D19B80

Channel breakdown

R231
G147
B107
Red231 (90.6%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue19.35°
Saturation (HSL)72.09%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 93 · B 6B

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