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Recognised as Colour

#EC8561

  • #EC8561
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#EC8561 is a orange with RGB values 236, 133, 97 and HSL 16°, 79%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#EC8561#EC8561
HEX#EC8561
RGBrgb(236, 133, 97)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5216, 0.3804
RGB percentages92.5%, 52.2%, 38%
HSLhsl(15.5, 78.5%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15.5, 58.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 43.6%, 58.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,500,641
CSS custom property--colour: #EC8561;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.09:1
Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#137A9E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0935Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9A960no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF737Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 10Salmon · ΔE 11.8Dark salmon · ΔE 12.5Coral · ΔE 14.4Light coral · ΔE 18.2Sandy brown · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 9.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61C8EC
Analogous#EC6183, #ECCB61
Triadic#61EC85, #8561EC
Split complementary#61ECCA, #6183EC
Tetradic#83EC61, #61C8EC, #CA61EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCEEEA
Lighter +20%#F7CBBC
Lighter +10%#F1A88F
Darker −10%#E76233
Darker −20%#CE4819
Darker −30%#A13813
Darker −40%#73280E
More saturated +25%#FF7C4E
Less saturated −25%#D69077

Channel breakdown

R236
G133
B97
Red236 (92.5%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue97 (38%)
Hue15.54°
Saturation (HSL)78.53%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 85 · B 61

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