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Recognised as Colour

#E8915E

  • #E8915E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#E8915E is a orange with RGB values 232, 145, 94 and HSL 22°, 75%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E8915E#E8915E
HEX#E8915E
RGBrgb(232, 145, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.5686, 0.3686
RGB percentages91%, 56.9%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(22.2, 75%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.2, 59.5%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 37.5%, 59.5%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,241,566
CSS custom property--colour: #E8915E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.64:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#176EA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A99B59no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEAE5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FC8085no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 9.5Sandy brown · ΔE 9.9Peru · ΔE 11.8Dark salmon · ΔE 12.9Coral · ΔE 18.6Salmon · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5EB5E8
Analogous#E85E70, #E8D65E
Triadic#5EE891, #915EE8
Split complementary#5EE8D6, #5E70E8
Tetradic#70E85E, #5EB5E8, #D65EE8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBECE4
Lighter +20%#F5CEB7
Lighter +10%#EEAF8B
Darker −10%#E27331
Darker −20%#C45A1C
Darker −30%#974616
Darker −40%#6B310F
More saturated +25%#FF8B47
Less saturated −25%#D19775

Channel breakdown

R232
G145
B94
Red232 (91%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue22.17°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G 91 · B 5E

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