Colour

#EC9D78

#EC9D78
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark salmon

#EC9D78 is a orange with RGB values 236, 157, 120 and HSL 19°, 75%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#EC9D78

RGBrgb(236, 157, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6157, 0.4706

RGB percentages92.5%, 61.6%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(19.1, 75.3%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(19.1, 49.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 33.5%, 49.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,506,808

CSS custom property--colour: #EC9D78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.66:1

Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB

Inverted#136287

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2A675no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5B678no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FE8F94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 4.9 Light salmon · ΔE 7.4 Sandy brown · ΔE 15.8 Burlywood · ΔE 19.2 Peru · ΔE 19.8 Salmon · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 4.94, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#78C7EC

Analogous#EC788D, #ECD778

Triadic#78EC9D, #9D78EC

Split complementary#78ECD7, #788DEC

Tetradic#8DEC78, #78C7EC, #D778EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFE

Lighter +20%#F9DED1

Lighter +10%#F2BDA5

Darker −10%#E67D4B

Darker −20%#DF5C1F

Darker −30%#B24A19

Darker −40%#853713

More saturated +25%#FF9665

Less saturated −25%#D9A48B

Channel breakdown

R236

G157

B120

Red236 (92.5%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue19.14°

Saturation (HSL)75.32%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 9D · B 78

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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