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Recognised as Colour

#EC9162

  • #EC9162
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#EC9162 is a orange with RGB values 236, 145, 98 and HSL 20°, 78%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#EC9162#EC9162
HEX#EC9162
RGBrgb(236, 145, 98)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5686, 0.3843
RGB percentages92.5%, 56.9%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(20.4, 78.4%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.4, 58.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 38.6%, 58.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,503,714
CSS custom property--colour: #EC9162;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.79:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#136E9D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AA9C5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFAF61no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8086no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 7.7Sandy brown · ΔE 11.5Dark salmon · ΔE 11.7Peru · ΔE 14.1Coral · ΔE 17.5Salmon · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62BDEC
Analogous#EC6278, #ECD662
Triadic#62EC91, #9162EC
Split complementary#62ECD6, #6278EC
Tetradic#78EC62, #62BDEC, #D662EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF1EA
Lighter +20%#F7D1BD
Lighter +10%#F2B18F
Darker −10%#E67135
Darker −20%#CF5719
Darker −30%#A14414
Darker −40%#74310E
More saturated +25%#FF8B4F
Less saturated −25%#D69878

Channel breakdown

R236
G145
B98
Red236 (92.5%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue20.43°
Saturation (HSL)78.41%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 91 · B 62

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