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Recognised as Colour

#EC9970

  • #EC9970
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#EC9970 is a orange with RGB values 236, 153, 112 and HSL 20°, 77%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#EC9970#EC9970
HEX#EC9970
RGBrgb(236, 153, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6, 0.4392
RGB percentages92.5%, 60%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(19.8, 76.5%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.8, 52.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 35.2%, 52.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,505,776
CSS custom property--colour: #EC9970;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41785WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#13668F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFA26Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B470no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8A8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 6.1Dark salmon · ΔE 6.8Sandy brown · ΔE 13.4Peru · ΔE 17.2Salmon · ΔE 19.4Burlywood · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 6.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70C3EC
Analogous#EC7085, #ECD770
Triadic#70EC99, #9970EC
Split complementary#70ECD7, #7085EC
Tetradic#85EC70, #70C3EC, #D770EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEF9F7
Lighter +20%#F8D9CA
Lighter +10%#F2B99D
Darker −10%#E67943
Darker −20%#D95B1D
Darker −30%#AC4817
Darker −40%#7F3511
More saturated +25%#FF935D
Less saturated −25%#D8A084

Channel breakdown

R236
G153
B112
Red236 (92.5%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue19.84°
Saturation (HSL)76.54%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 99 · B 70

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