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Recognised as Colour

#E8A585

  • #E8A585
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E8A585 is a orange with RGB values 232, 165, 133 and HSL 19°, 68%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E8A585#E8A585
HEX#E8A585
RGBrgb(232, 165, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.6471, 0.5216
RGB percentages91%, 64.7%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(19.4, 68.3%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.4, 42.7%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 28.9%, 42.7%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,246,725
CSS custom property--colour: #E8A585;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.15:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#175A7A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7AC83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6BA85no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F89A9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 8.2Light salmon · ΔE 13.4Burlywood · ΔE 14.8Tan · ΔE 16.1Sandy brown · ΔE 20.5Peach puff · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 8.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85C8E8
Analogous#E88597, #E8D685
Triadic#85E8A5, #A585E8
Split complementary#85E8D6, #8596E8
Tetradic#97E885, #85C8E8, #D685E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8E4DB
Lighter +10%#F0C5B0
Darker −10%#E0855A
Darker −20%#D8662F
Darker −30%#B25022
Darker −40%#873D1A
More saturated +25%#FA9F73
Less saturated −25%#D6AB97

Channel breakdown

R232
G165
B133
Red232 (91%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue19.39°
Saturation (HSL)68.28%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G A5 · B 85

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