#E97C42

A medium, vivid orange closely aligning with Coral.

About #E97C42

When working with digital screens, the color #E97C42 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Coral. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 233, 124, and 66.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 47% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 20.8° hue, 79.1% saturation, and 58.6% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E97C42
RGB233, 124, 66
HSL20.8°, 79.1%, 58.6%
CMYK0%, 47%, 72%, 9%
HSV20.8°, 71.7%, 91.4%
LAB63.5, 37.8, 49.4
XYZ41.8, 32.1, 9.2
Decimal15301698

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.83:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.43:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.70:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.31:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E97C42; }
.text-color { color: #E97C42; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E97C42; }

Similar Colors

Coral
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