Colour

#E98A60

#E98A60
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#E98A60 is a orange with RGB values 233, 138, 96 and HSL 18°, 76%, 65%. 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

#E98A60#E98A60

HEX#E98A60

RGBrgb(233, 138, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.5412, 0.3765

RGB percentages91.4%, 54.1%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(18.4, 75.7%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.4, 58.8%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 40.8%, 58.8%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,305,312

CSS custom property--colour: #E98A60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36345WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.27:1

Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#16759F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3965Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#BAAB5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FD7980no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 8.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 11.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 14.8 Salmon · ΔE 15.6 Peru · ΔE 15.7 Coral · ΔE 16.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 8.61, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#60BFE9

Analogous#E9607B, #E9CE60

Triadic#60E98A, #8A60E9

Split complementary#60E9CE, #607BE9

Tetradic#7BE960, #60BFE9, #CE60E9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCEDE6

Lighter +20%#F5CCBA

Lighter +10%#EFAB8D

Darker −10%#E36933

Darker −20%#C7501C

Darker −30%#9B3E15

Darker −40%#6E2C0F

More saturated +25%#FF814A

Less saturated −25%#D29377

Channel breakdown

R233

G138

B96

Red233 (91.4%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue18.39°

Saturation (HSL)75.69%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G 8A · B 60

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Colour values

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