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Recognised as Colour

#E79879

  • #E79879
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E79879 is a orange with RGB values 231, 152, 121 and HSL 17°, 70%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E79879#E79879
HEX#E79879
RGBrgb(231, 152, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5961, 0.4745
RGB percentages90.6%, 59.6%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(16.9, 69.6%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.9, 47.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 34.2%, 47.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,177,849
CSS custom property--colour: #E79879;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40826WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.17:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#186786

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACA177no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFB278no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F98B90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 2.1Light salmon · ΔE 9.3Sandy brown · ΔE 19Salmon · ΔE 19.2Light coral · ΔE 19.2Burlywood · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 2.1, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79C8E7
Analogous#E77991, #E7CF79
Triadic#79E798, #9879E7
Split complementary#79E7CF, #7991E7
Tetradic#91E779, #79C8E7, #CF79E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFCFB
Lighter +20%#F6DAD0
Lighter +10%#EFB9A4
Darker −10%#DF774E
Darker −20%#D45726
Darker −30%#A9451E
Darker −40%#7E3416
More saturated +25%#FB8F65
Less saturated −25%#D3A18D

Channel breakdown

R231
G152
B121
Red231 (90.6%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue16.91°
Saturation (HSL)69.62%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 98 · B 79

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