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Recognised as Colour

#EC8958

  • #EC8958
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#EC8958 is a orange with RGB values 236, 137, 88 and HSL 20°, 80%, 64%. 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

#EC8958#EC8958
HEX#EC8958
RGBrgb(236, 137, 88)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5373, 0.3451
RGB percentages92.5%, 53.7%, 34.5%
HSLhsl(19.9, 79.6%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.9, 62.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 41.9%, 62.7%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,501,656
CSS custom property--colour: #EC8958;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.29:1
Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#1376A7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A49553no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCAB57no 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 28.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 11.1Coral · ΔE 13Sandy brown · ΔE 13.4Peru · ΔE 14.3Dark salmon · ΔE 15.7Salmon · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 11.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58BBEC
Analogous#EC5871, #ECD358
Triadic#58EC89, #8958EC
Split complementary#58ECD3, #5871EC
Tetradic#71EC58, #58BBEC, #D358EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCEAE1
Lighter +20%#F6CAB4
Lighter +10%#F1A986
Darker −10%#E7692A
Darker −20%#C75117
Darker −30%#9A3F11
Darker −40%#6C2C0C
More saturated +25%#FF8345
Less saturated −25%#D5916F

Channel breakdown

R236
G137
B88
Red236 (92.5%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue88 (34.5%)
Hue19.86°
Saturation (HSL)79.57%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 89 · B 58

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