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Recognised as Colour

#E79969

  • #E79969
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#E79969 is a orange with RGB values 231, 153, 105 and HSL 23°, 72%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E79969#E79969
HEX#E79969
RGBrgb(231, 153, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6, 0.4118
RGB percentages90.6%, 60%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(22.9, 72.4%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.9, 54.5%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 33.8%, 54.5%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,178,089
CSS custom property--colour: #E79969;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40791WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.16:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#186696

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFA165no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1B269no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FA8A8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 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 text9.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 8.9Dark salmon · ΔE 10.1Sandy brown · ΔE 10.6Peru · ΔE 14Burlywood · ΔE 19.9Salmon · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 8.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69B7E7
Analogous#E76978, #E7D869
Triadic#69E799, #9969E7
Split complementary#69E7D8, #6978E7
Tetradic#78E769, #69B7E7, #D869E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF3ED
Lighter +20%#F5D5C1
Lighter +10%#EEB795
Darker −10%#E07B3D
Darker −20%#CA6120
Darker −30%#9E4C19
Darker −40%#723712
More saturated +25%#FD9453
Less saturated −25%#D19E7F

Channel breakdown

R231
G153
B105
Red231 (90.6%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue22.86°
Saturation (HSL)72.41%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 99 · B 69

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