Recognised as Colour

#EC9866

#EC9866
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#EC9866 is a orange with RGB values 236, 152, 102 and HSL 22°, 78%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#EC9866#EC9866

HEX#EC9866

RGBrgb(236, 152, 102)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5961, 0.4

RGB percentages92.5%, 59.6%, 40%

HSLhsl(22.4, 77.9%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.4, 56.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 35.6%, 56.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,505,510

CSS custom property--colour: #EC9866;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41249WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1

Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#136799

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFA162no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3B366no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF888Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 8 Sandy brown · ΔE 9.2 Dark salmon · ΔE 11.5 Peru · ΔE 13.3 Coral · ΔE 20.8 Salmon · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 8, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#66BAEC

Analogous#EC6677, #ECDB66

Triadic#66EC98, #9866EC

Split complementary#66ECDB, #6677EC

Tetradic#77EC66, #66BAEC, #DB66EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF4EE

Lighter +20%#F7D5C1

Lighter +10%#F2B793

Darker −10%#E67939

Darker −20%#D25F1A

Darker −30%#A54A14

Darker −40%#77360F

More saturated +25%#FF9353

Less saturated −25%#D79D7C

Channel breakdown

R236

G152

B102

Red236 (92.5%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue102 (40%)

Hue22.39°

Saturation (HSL)77.91%

Lightness66.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 98 · B 66

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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