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Recognised as Colour

#EE9A6E

  • #EE9A6E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light salmon

#EE9A6E is a orange with RGB values 238, 154, 110 and HSL 21°, 79%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

#EE9A6E#EE9A6E
HEX#EE9A6E
RGBrgb(238, 154, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.6039, 0.4314
RGB percentages93.3%, 60.4%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(20.6, 79%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.6, 53.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 35.3%, 53.8%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,637,102
CSS custom property--colour: #EE9A6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.48:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#116591

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1A36Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5B56Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8B8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 5.9Dark salmon · ΔE 8.5Sandy brown · ΔE 11.8Peru · ΔE 16.2Salmon · ΔE 19.9Burlywood · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 5.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EC2EE
Analogous#EE6E82, #EEDA6E
Triadic#6EEE9A, #9A6EEE
Split complementary#6EEEDA, #6E82EE
Tetradic#82EE6E, #6EC2EE, #DA6EEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEF9F7
Lighter +20%#F9DAC9
Lighter +10%#F3BA9C
Darker −10%#E97A40
Darker −20%#DC5D1A
Darker −30%#AF4914
Darker −40%#81360F
More saturated +25%#FF955D
Less saturated −25%#DAA082

Channel breakdown

R238
G154
B110
Red238 (93.3%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue20.62°
Saturation (HSL)79.01%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G 9A · B 6E

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