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Recognised as Colour

#EE9768

  • #EE9768
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#EE9768 is a orange with RGB values 238, 151, 104 and HSL 21°, 80%, 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

#EE9768#EE9768
HEX#EE9768
RGBrgb(238, 151, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.5922, 0.4078
RGB percentages93.3%, 59.2%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(21, 79.8%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21, 56.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 36.6%, 56.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,636,328
CSS custom property--colour: #EE9768;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#116897

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFA164no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B468no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FF878Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 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 text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 6.6Dark salmon · ΔE 10.5Sandy brown · ΔE 10.6Peru · ΔE 14.6Salmon · ΔE 19.7Coral · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 6.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68BFEE
Analogous#EE687C, #EEDA68
Triadic#68EE97, #9768EE
Split complementary#68EEDA, #687CEE
Tetradic#7CEE68, #68BFEE, #DA68EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF6F2
Lighter +20%#F8D6C4
Lighter +10%#F3B796
Darker −10%#E9773A
Darker −20%#D85B18
Darker −30%#AA4813
Darker −40%#7C350E
More saturated +25%#FF9257
Less saturated −25%#D99D7D

Channel breakdown

R238
G151
B104
Red238 (93.3%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue21.04°
Saturation (HSL)79.76%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G 97 · B 68

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