Colour

#E8855B

#E8855B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#E8855B is a orange with RGB values 232, 133, 91 and HSL 18°, 75%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E8855B#E8855B

HEX#E8855B

RGBrgb(232, 133, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.5216, 0.3569

RGB percentages91%, 52.2%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(17.9, 75.4%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.9, 60.8%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 42.7%, 60.8%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,238,491

CSS custom property--colour: #E8855B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.94:1

Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#177AA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F9257no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7A75Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FC737Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 10.5 Dark salmon · ΔE 13.4 Coral · ΔE 14.2 Salmon · ΔE 14.9 Sandy brown · ΔE 16.1 Peru · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5BBEE8

Analogous#E85B78, #E8CB5B

Triadic#5BE885, #855BE8

Split complementary#5BE8CB, #5B78E8

Tetradic#78E85B, #5BBEE8, #CB5BE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBE9E1

Lighter +20%#F5C8B4

Lighter +10%#EEA688

Darker −10%#E2642E

Darker −20%#C24D1B

Darker −30%#953B15

Darker −40%#68290F

More saturated +25%#FF7C44

Less saturated −25%#D18E72

Channel breakdown

R232

G133

B91

Red232 (91%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue17.87°

Saturation (HSL)75.4%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 85 · B 5B

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