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Recognised as Colour

#EC8956

  • #EC8956
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#EC8956 is a orange with RGB values 236, 137, 86 and HSL 20°, 80%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#EC8956#EC8956
HEX#EC8956
RGBrgb(236, 137, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5373, 0.3373
RGB percentages92.5%, 53.7%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(20.4, 79.8%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.4, 63.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 41.9%, 63.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,501,654
CSS custom property--colour: #EC8956;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36396WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.28:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#1376A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A49551no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCAB55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FF767Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 11.9Coral · ΔE 12.8Sandy brown · ΔE 13Peru · ΔE 13.8Dark salmon · ΔE 16.6Chocolate · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 11.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56B9EC
Analogous#EC566E, #ECD456
Triadic#56EC89, #8956EC
Split complementary#56ECD4, #566EEC
Tetradic#6EEC56, #56B9EC, #D456EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBE9E0
Lighter +20%#F6C9B2
Lighter +10%#F1A984
Darker −10%#E76928
Darker −20%#C65216
Darker −30%#983F11
Darker −40%#6A2C0C
More saturated +25%#FF8343
Less saturated −25%#D4916E

Channel breakdown

R236
G137
B86
Red236 (92.5%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue20.4°
Saturation (HSL)79.79%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 89 · B 56

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