Colour

#E8835A

#E8835A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#E8835A is a orange with RGB values 232, 131, 90 and HSL 17°, 76%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#E8835A

RGBrgb(232, 131, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.5137, 0.3529

RGB percentages91%, 51.4%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(17.3, 75.5%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.3, 61.2%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 43.5%, 61.2%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,237,978

CSS custom property--colour: #E8835A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.83:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#177CA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9E9056no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6A659no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FC7079no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 11.2 Coral · ΔE 13.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 14 Salmon · ΔE 14.2 Peru · ΔE 16.8 Sandy brown · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 11.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5ABFE8

Analogous#E85A78, #E8CA5A

Triadic#5AE883, #835AE8

Split complementary#5AE8CA, #5A78E8

Tetradic#78E85A, #5ABFE8, #CA5AE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBE8E0

Lighter +20%#F4C6B4

Lighter +10%#EEA587

Darker −10%#E2612D

Darker −20%#C14B1B

Darker −30%#943A15

Darker −40%#68280E

More saturated +25%#FF7943

Less saturated −25%#D18D72

Channel breakdown

R232

G131

B90

Red232 (91%)

Green131 (51.4%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue17.32°

Saturation (HSL)75.53%

Lightness63.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 83 · B 5A

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Colour values

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