HEX atlas value

#EC8965

#EC8965 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Salmon. RGB 236, 137, 101, HSL 16° 78% 66%, luminance 0.3666; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm vibrant

#EC8965 Sample readable text

HEX #EC8965

RGB rgb(236, 137, 101)

HSL hsl(16 78% 66%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 42, 57, 7)

Luminance 0.3666

Contrast Black 8.33:1White 2.52:1

CSS

--color-ec8965: #EC8965;
.background-ec8965 { background-color: #EC8965; }
.text-ec8965 { color: #EC8965; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EC8965

#EC8965 is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #EC8965 is visually closest to Salmon, a named red color with HEX #FA8072.

The RGB channels are 236, 137, and 101, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 16deg with 78% saturation and 66% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.3666, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 21.12, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.33:1AA Pass

White text2.52:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EC8965 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.33:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.52:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F6C7B6#F6C7B6 · #000000 text · best 13.76:1 #ECCC65#ECCC65 · #000000 text · best 13.39:1 #65C8EC#65C8EC · #000000 text · best 11.03:1 Dark Salmon#E9967A · #000000 text · best 9.11:1 #FF8052#FF8052 · #000000 text · best 8.46:1

Generated Palette

#EC8965#EC8965

#65C8EC#65C8EC

#EC6584#EC6584

#ECCC65#ECCC65

#F6C7B6#F6C7B6

#DA4E1B#DA4E1B

Color Harmonies

#65C8EC#65C8EC

#EC6584#EC6584

#ECCC65#ECCC65

#65EC89#65EC89

#8965EC#8965EC

Variants

#F6C7B6#F6C7B6

#DA4E1B#DA4E1B

#FF8052#FF8052

#D99278#D99278

#F7E1DA#F7E1DA

#FF9E7A#FF9E7A

Nearest Named Colors

Salmon#FA8072

Coral Reef#FD7C6E

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Raw Sienna#D68A59

Terracotta#E2725B

Luminance0.3666

Black text8.33:1AA Pass

White text2.52:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#EC8965","rgb":[236,137,101],"hsl":[16,78,66],"cmyk":[0,42,57,7],"luminance":0.3666,"contrast":{"black":8.33,"white":2.52}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.33,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.52,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F6C7B6","hex":"#F6C7B6","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.76,"contrastWhite":1.53,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#ECCC65","hex":"#ECCC65","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.39,"contrastWhite":1.57,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#65C8EC","hex":"#65C8EC","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.03,"contrastWhite":1.9,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.11,"contrastWhite":2.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#FF8052","hex":"#FF8052","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.46,"contrastWhite":2.48,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","vibrant","vibrant orange","Salmon adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ec8965.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/coral-reef.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-salmon.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#65C8EC","analogous":["#EC6584","#ECCC65"],"triadic":["#65EC89","#8965EC"],"tetradic":["#84EC65","#65C8EC","#CC65EC"],"splitComplementary":["#65ECCC","#6584EC"],"monochromatic":["#F6C7B6","#EC8965","#DA4E1B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F6C7B6","dark":"#DA4E1B","saturated":"#FF8052","desaturated":"#D99278","pastel":"#F7E1DA","neon":"#FF9E7A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"salmon","name":"Salmon","hex":"#FA8072","distance":21.118712081942874},{"slug":"coral-reef","name":"Coral Reef","hex":"#FD7C6E","distance":23.2163735324878},{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":24.879710609249457},{"slug":"raw-sienna","name":"Raw Sienna","hex":"#D68A59","distance":25.079872407968907},{"slug":"terracotta","name":"Terracotta","hex":"#E2725B","distance":27}]

#EC8965

CSS

About #EC8965

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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