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Recognised as Colour

#EC8F65

  • #EC8F65
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#EC8F65 is a orange with RGB values 236, 143, 101 and HSL 19°, 78%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#EC8F65#EC8F65
HEX#EC8F65
RGBrgb(236, 143, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5608, 0.3961
RGB percentages92.5%, 56.1%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(18.7, 78%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(18.7, 57.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 39.4%, 57.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,503,205
CSS custom property--colour: #EC8F65;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.68:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#13709A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A89A61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEAE64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7E85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 6.9Dark salmon · ΔE 10Sandy brown · ΔE 13.9Peru · ΔE 16Salmon · ΔE 16.2Coral · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65C2EC
Analogous#EC657E, #ECD365
Triadic#65EC8F, #8F65EC
Split complementary#65ECD2, #657FEC
Tetradic#7EEC65, #65C2EC, #D365EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF2ED
Lighter +20%#F7D1C0
Lighter +10%#F2B092
Darker −10%#E66E38
Darker −20%#D1531A
Darker −30%#A44114
Darker −40%#762F0F
More saturated +25%#FF8852
Less saturated −25%#D6977B

Channel breakdown

R236
G143
B101
Red236 (92.5%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue18.67°
Saturation (HSL)78.03%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 8F · B 65

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