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Recognised as Colour

#EEA78E

  • #EEA78E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#EEA78E is a orange with RGB values 238, 167, 142 and HSL 16°, 74%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#EEA78E#EEA78E
HEX#EEA78E
RGBrgb(238, 167, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.6549, 0.5569
RGB percentages93.3%, 65.5%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(15.6, 73.8%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15.6, 40.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 29.8%, 40.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,640,462
CSS custom property--colour: #EEA78E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.55:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#115871

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8AF8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9BE8Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FE9CA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 8.2Light salmon · ΔE 13.9Burlywood · ΔE 17.6Tan · ΔE 18.2Light pink · ΔE 20Rosy brown · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 8.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8ED5EE
Analogous#EE8EA5, #EED78E
Triadic#8EEEA7, #A78EEE
Split complementary#8EEED7, #8EA5EE
Tetradic#A5EE8E, #8ED5EE, #D78EEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBECE7
Lighter +10%#F5CABA
Darker −10%#E78462
Darker −20%#E16235
Darker −30%#C5491E
Darker −40%#993917
More saturated +25%#FE9F7E
Less saturated −25%#DEAF9E

Channel breakdown

R238
G167
B142
Red238 (93.3%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue15.62°
Saturation (HSL)73.85%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G A7 · B 8E

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