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Recognised as Colour

#EA996F

  • #EA996F
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#EA996F is a orange with RGB values 234, 153, 111 and HSL 20°, 75%, 68%. 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

#EA996F#EA996F
HEX#EA996F
RGBrgb(234, 153, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.6, 0.4353
RGB percentages91.8%, 60%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(20.5, 74.5%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.5, 52.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK0%, 34.6%, 52.6%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,374,703
CSS custom property--colour: #EA996F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.28:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#156690

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFA26Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2B36Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FD8A8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 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 text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 6.9Dark salmon · ΔE 7.1Sandy brown · ΔE 13.1Peru · ΔE 16.7Salmon · ΔE 20.2Burlywood · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FC0EA
Analogous#EA6F83, #EAD76F
Triadic#6FEA99, #996FEA
Split complementary#6FEAD7, #6F83EA
Tetradic#83EA6F, #6FC0EA, #D76FEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF8F5
Lighter +20%#F7D8C8
Lighter +10%#F0B99C
Darker −10%#E47942
Darker −20%#D45D1F
Darker −30%#A84918
Darker −40%#7B3612
More saturated +25%#FF925A
Less saturated −25%#D5A084

Channel breakdown

R234
G153
B111
Red234 (91.8%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue20.49°
Saturation (HSL)74.55%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EA · G 99 · B 6F

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