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Recognised as Colour

#E7A181

  • #E7A181
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E7A181 is a orange with RGB values 231, 161, 129 and HSL 19°, 68%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E7A181#E7A181
HEX#E7A181
RGBrgb(231, 161, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6314, 0.5059
RGB percentages90.6%, 63.1%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(18.8, 68%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(18.8, 44.2%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 30.3%, 44.2%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,180,161
CSS custom property--colour: #E7A181;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.81:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#185E7E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3A87Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4B781no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F89599no 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 text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 6.4Light salmon · ΔE 12.1Burlywood · ΔE 16.2Tan · ΔE 17.6Sandy brown · ΔE 19.8Light coral · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 6.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81C7E7
Analogous#E78194, #E7D481
Triadic#81E7A1, #A181E7
Split complementary#81E7D4, #8194E7
Tetradic#94E781, #81C7E7, #D481E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7E1D7
Lighter +10%#EFC1AC
Darker −10%#DF8156
Darker −20%#D7612B
Darker −30%#AE4D21
Darker −40%#833A19
More saturated +25%#FA9A6E
Less saturated −25%#D4A894

Channel breakdown

R231
G161
B129
Red231 (90.6%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue18.82°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G A1 · B 81

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