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Recognised as Colour

#EA9C79

  • #EA9C79
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#EA9C79 is a orange with RGB values 234, 156, 121 and HSL 19°, 73%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#EA9C79#EA9C79
HEX#EA9C79
RGBrgb(234, 156, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.6118, 0.4745
RGB percentages91.8%, 61.2%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(18.6, 72.9%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(18.6, 48.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK0%, 33.3%, 48.3%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,375,481
CSS custom property--colour: #EA9C79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.53:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#156386

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0A576no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B579no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FC8F93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 4.1Light salmon · ΔE 8.3Sandy brown · ΔE 16.9Burlywood · ΔE 19.1Salmon · ΔE 20.4Peru · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 4.08, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79C7EA
Analogous#EA798E, #EAD579
Triadic#79EA9C, #9C79EA
Split complementary#79EAD5, #798EEA
Tetradic#8EEA79, #79C7EA, #D579EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFD
Lighter +20%#F8DDD1
Lighter +10%#F1BDA5
Darker −10%#E37B4D
Darker −20%#DB5B22
Darker −30%#AF491B
Darker −40%#833714
More saturated +25%#FD9566
Less saturated −25%#D7A38C

Channel breakdown

R234
G156
B121
Red234 (91.8%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue18.58°
Saturation (HSL)72.9%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EA · G 9C · B 79

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