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Recognised as Colour

#E79979

  • #E79979
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E79979 is a orange with RGB values 231, 153, 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

#E79979#E79979
HEX#E79979
RGBrgb(231, 153, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6, 0.4745
RGB percentages90.6%, 60%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(17.5, 69.6%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(17.5, 47.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 33.8%, 47.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,178,105
CSS custom property--colour: #E79979;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.23:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#186686

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADA276no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0B278no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F98C91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 2.7Light salmon · ΔE 9.3Sandy brown · ΔE 18.6Salmon · ΔE 19.8Burlywood · ΔE 19.9Light coral · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 2.73, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79C7E7
Analogous#E77990, #E7D079
Triadic#79E799, #9979E7
Split complementary#79E7D0, #7990E7
Tetradic#90E779, #79C7E7, #D079E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFCFB
Lighter +20%#F6DBD0
Lighter +10%#EFBAA4
Darker −10%#DF784E
Darker −20%#D45926
Darker −30%#A9471E
Darker −40%#7E3416
More saturated +25%#FB9165
Less saturated −25%#D3A18D

Channel breakdown

R231
G153
B121
Red231 (90.6%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue17.45°
Saturation (HSL)69.62%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 99 · B 79

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