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Recognised as Colour

#E9CEC5

  • #E9CEC5
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Misty rose

#E9CEC5 is a orange with RGB values 233, 206, 197 and HSL 15°, 45%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Misty rose.

Colour values

#E9CEC5#E9CEC5
HEX#E9CEC5
RGBrgb(233, 206, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8078, 0.7725
RGB percentages91.4%, 80.8%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(15, 45%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15, 15.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 11.6%, 15.5%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,322,821
CSS custom property--colour: #E9CEC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.1:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#16313A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D0C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAD6C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F1CACBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Misty rose · ΔE 8.5Light grey · ΔE 11.3Antique white · ΔE 11.5Gainsboro · ΔE 11.7Linen · ΔE 12.5Silver · ΔE 13.3
Nearest named CSS colourMisty rose (#FFE4E1)ΔE 8.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5E0E9
Analogous#E9C5CE, #E9E0C5
Triadic#C5E9CE, #CEC5E9
Split complementary#C5E9E0, #C5CEE9
Tetradic#CEE9C5, #C5E0E9, #E0C5E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7EDEA
Darker −10%#DBAFA0
Darker −20%#CD907B
Darker −30%#BF7056
Darker −40%#A4583E
More saturated +25%#F3C9BB
Less saturated −25%#DFD3CF

Channel breakdown

R233
G206
B197
Red233 (91.4%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue15°
Saturation (HSL)45%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G CE · B C5

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