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Recognised as Colour

#E88C5B

  • #E88C5B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#E88C5B is a orange with RGB values 232, 140, 91 and HSL 21°, 75%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E88C5B#E88C5B
HEX#E88C5B
RGBrgb(232, 140, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.549, 0.3569
RGB percentages91%, 54.9%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(20.9, 75.4%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.9, 60.8%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 39.7%, 60.8%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,240,283
CSS custom property--colour: #E88C5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.33:1
Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#1773A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A59757no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBAB5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FC7A80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 9.9Sandy brown · ΔE 11.9Peru · ΔE 12.7Dark salmon · ΔE 13.5Coral · ΔE 16.3Salmon · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 9.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5BB7E8
Analogous#E85B71, #E8D35B
Triadic#5BE88C, #8C5BE8
Split complementary#5BE8D3, #5B71E8
Tetradic#71E85B, #5BB7E8, #D25BE8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEAE1
Lighter +20%#F5CBB4
Lighter +10%#EEAB88
Darker −10%#E26D2E
Darker −20%#C2551B
Darker −30%#954115
Darker −40%#682E0F
More saturated +25%#FF8544
Less saturated −25%#D19372

Channel breakdown

R232
G140
B91
Red232 (91%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue20.85°
Saturation (HSL)75.4%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G 8C · B 5B

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