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Recognised as Colour

#E99A6A

  • #E99A6A
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#E99A6A is a orange with RGB values 233, 154, 106 and HSL 23°, 74%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E99A6A#E99A6A
HEX#E99A6A
RGBrgb(233, 154, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.6039, 0.4157
RGB percentages91.4%, 60.4%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(22.7, 74.3%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.7, 54.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 33.9%, 54.5%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,309,418
CSS custom property--colour: #E99A6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.3:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#166595

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0A266no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B36Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FC8B8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 8.4Dark salmon · ΔE 10.1Sandy brown · ΔE 10.4Peru · ΔE 14.2Burlywood · ΔE 20.1Salmon · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 8.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AB9E9
Analogous#E96A79, #E9DA6A
Triadic#6AE99A, #9A6AE9
Split complementary#6AE9D9, #6A7AE9
Tetradic#7AE96A, #6AB9E9, #DA6AE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF4EF
Lighter +20%#F6D6C3
Lighter +10%#F0B896
Darker −10%#E27C3E
Darker −20%#CF611E
Darker −30%#A24C18
Darker −40%#763711
More saturated +25%#FE9555
Less saturated −25%#D49F7F

Channel breakdown

R233
G154
B106
Red233 (91.4%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue22.68°
Saturation (HSL)74.27%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 9A · B 6A

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