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Recognised as Colour

#E9916B

  • #E9916B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#E9916B is a orange with RGB values 233, 145, 107 and HSL 18°, 74%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E9916B#E9916B
HEX#E9916B
RGBrgb(233, 145, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.5686, 0.4196
RGB percentages91.4%, 56.9%, 42%
HSLhsl(18.1, 74.1%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(18.1, 54.1%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 37.8%, 54.1%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,307,115
CSS custom property--colour: #E9916B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.73:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#166E94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A89C68no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDAE6Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FC8188no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 6.5Dark salmon · ΔE 6.6Sandy brown · ΔE 15.3Salmon · ΔE 16.6Peru · ΔE 17.4Light coral · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 6.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BC3E9
Analogous#E96B84, #E9D06B
Triadic#6BE991, #916BE9
Split complementary#6BE9D0, #6B84E9
Tetradic#84E96B, #6BC3E9, #D06BE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF4F0
Lighter +20%#F6D3C4
Lighter +10%#F0B297
Darker −10%#E2703F
Darker −20%#CF541F
Darker −30%#A34218
Darker −40%#763012
More saturated +25%#FE8956
Less saturated −25%#D49980

Channel breakdown

R233
G145
B107
Red233 (91.4%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue18.1°
Saturation (HSL)74.12%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 91 · B 6B

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