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Recognised as Colour

#EA956C

  • #EA956C
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#EA956C is a orange with RGB values 234, 149, 108 and HSL 20°, 75%, 67%. 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

#EA956C#EA956C
HEX#EA956C
RGBrgb(234, 149, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.5843, 0.4235
RGB percentages91.8%, 58.4%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(19.5, 75%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.5, 53.8%, 91.8%)
CMYK0%, 36.3%, 53.8%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,373,676
CSS custom property--colour: #EA956C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#156A93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AC9F69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0B16Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FD868Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 6.3Dark salmon · ΔE 7.2Sandy brown · ΔE 13.6Peru · ΔE 16.5Salmon · ΔE 18.5Light coral · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 6.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6CC1EA
Analogous#EA6C82, #EAD46C
Triadic#6CEA95, #956CEA
Split complementary#6CEAD4, #6C82EA
Tetradic#82EA6C, #6CC1EA, #D46CEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF6F2
Lighter +20%#F7D5C5
Lighter +10%#F0B599
Darker −10%#E4753F
Darker −20%#D2591E
Darker −30%#A54618
Darker −40%#793311
More saturated +25%#FF8E57
Less saturated −25%#D59C81

Channel breakdown

R234
G149
B108
Red234 (91.8%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue19.52°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EA · G 95 · B 6C

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