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Recognised as Colour

#E98C68

  • #E98C68
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#E98C68 is a orange with RGB values 233, 140, 104 and HSL 17°, 75%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E98C68#E98C68
HEX#E98C68
RGBrgb(233, 140, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.549, 0.4078
RGB percentages91.4%, 54.9%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(16.7, 74.6%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.7, 55.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 39.9%, 55.4%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,305,832
CSS custom property--colour: #E98C68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.42:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#167397

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A49865no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAAC67no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FD7C83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 7.4Dark salmon · ΔE 7.9Salmon · ΔE 14.3Sandy brown · ΔE 16.7Peru · ΔE 18.1Light coral · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 7.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68C5E9
Analogous#E96885, #E9CD68
Triadic#68E98C, #8C68E9
Split complementary#68E9CD, #6884E9
Tetradic#84E968, #68C5E9, #CD68E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF2EE
Lighter +20%#F6D0C1
Lighter +10%#EFAE95
Darker −10%#E36A3B
Darker −20%#CD4F1E
Darker −30%#A13E17
Darker −40%#742D11
More saturated +25%#FF8252
Less saturated −25%#D3967E

Channel breakdown

R233
G140
B104
Red233 (91.4%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue16.74°
Saturation (HSL)74.57%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 8C · B 68

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