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Recognised as Colour

#E99C6C

  • #E99C6C
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#E99C6C is a orange with RGB values 233, 156, 108 and HSL 23°, 74%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#E99C6C#E99C6C
HEX#E99C6C
RGBrgb(233, 156, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.6118, 0.4235
RGB percentages91.4%, 61.2%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(23, 74%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(23, 53.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 33%, 53.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,309,932
CSS custom property--colour: #E99C6C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.44:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#166393

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2A468no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4B46Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FC8D90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 8.9Dark salmon · ΔE 10.1Sandy brown · ΔE 10.5Peru · ΔE 14.7Burlywood · ΔE 19Tan · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 8.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6CB9E9
Analogous#E96C7A, #E9DB6C
Triadic#6CE99C, #9C6CE9
Split complementary#6CE9DA, #6C7BE9
Tetradic#7AE96C, #6CB9E9, #DA6CE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF6F1
Lighter +20%#F6D8C5
Lighter +10%#F0BA98
Darker −10%#E27E40
Darker −20%#D0631F
Darker −30%#A44E18
Darker −40%#773912
More saturated +25%#FE9757
Less saturated −25%#D4A181

Channel breakdown

R233
G156
B108
Red233 (91.4%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue23.04°
Saturation (HSL)73.96%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 9C · B 6C

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