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Recognised as Colour

#EC9969

  • #EC9969
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#EC9969 is a orange with RGB values 236, 153, 105 and HSL 22°, 78%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#EC9969#EC9969
HEX#EC9969
RGBrgb(236, 153, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6, 0.4118
RGB percentages92.5%, 60%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(22, 77.5%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22, 55.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 35.2%, 55.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,505,769
CSS custom property--colour: #EC9969;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41635WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.33:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#136696

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0A265no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4B469no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#FF898Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 7.4Sandy brown · ΔE 10Dark salmon · ΔE 10.4Peru · ΔE 14.2Salmon · ΔE 21.2Coral · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 7.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69BCEC
Analogous#EC697B, #ECDB69
Triadic#69EC99, #9969EC
Split complementary#69ECDB, #697AEC
Tetradic#7AEC69, #69BCEC, #DB69EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF5F1
Lighter +20%#F7D7C4
Lighter +10%#F2B896
Darker −10%#E67A3C
Darker −20%#D45F1B
Darker −30%#A74B15
Darker −40%#7A360F
More saturated +25%#FF9456
Less saturated −25%#D79F7E

Channel breakdown

R236
G153
B105
Red236 (92.5%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue21.98°
Saturation (HSL)77.51%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 99 · B 69

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