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Recognised as Colour

#E99565

  • #E99565
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#E99565 is a orange with RGB values 233, 149, 101 and HSL 22°, 75%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E99565#E99565
HEX#E99565
RGBrgb(233, 149, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.5843, 0.3961
RGB percentages91.4%, 58.4%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(21.8, 75%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21.8, 56.7%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 36.1%, 56.7%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,308,133
CSS custom property--colour: #E99565;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.95:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#166A9A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AC9E61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0B065no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FC8589no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 8Sandy brown · ΔE 10.4Dark salmon · ΔE 10.7Peru · ΔE 13.4Salmon · ΔE 20.6Coral · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65B9E9
Analogous#E96577, #E9D765
Triadic#65E995, #9565E9
Split complementary#65E9D7, #6577E9
Tetradic#77E965, #65B9E9, #D765E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF1EB
Lighter +20%#F6D2BE
Lighter +10%#EFB492
Darker −10%#E37638
Darker −20%#CB5C1D
Darker −30%#9E4817
Darker −40%#723410
More saturated +25%#FF8F4F
Less saturated −25%#D39B7B

Channel breakdown

R233
G149
B101
Red233 (91.4%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue21.82°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 95 · B 65

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