Recognised as Colour

#E7975E

#E7975E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#E7975E is a orange with RGB values 231, 151, 94 and HSL 25°, 74%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#E7975E#E7975E

HEX#E7975E

RGBrgb(231, 151, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5922, 0.3686

RGB percentages90.6%, 59.2%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(25, 74.1%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25, 59.3%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 34.6%, 59.3%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,177,566

CSS custom property--colour: #E7975E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.99:1

Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#1868A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AE9F59no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1B15Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FA8789no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 6.7 Peru · ΔE 10.2 Light salmon · ΔE 11.5 Dark salmon · ΔE 14.8 Coral · ΔE 21.7 Burlywood · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 6.74, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5EAEE7

Analogous#E75E6A, #E7DB5E

Triadic#5EE797, #975EE7

Split complementary#5EE7DC, #5E69E7

Tetradic#69E75E, #5EAEE7, #DB5EE7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBEDE3

Lighter +20%#F4D0B7

Lighter +10%#EEB48A

Darker −10%#E07A32

Darker −20%#C2621D

Darker −30%#964B16

Darker −40%#693510

More saturated +25%#FE9347

Less saturated −25%#D09B75

Channel breakdown

R231

G151

B94

Red231 (90.6%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue24.96°

Saturation (HSL)74.05%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 97 · B 5E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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