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Recognised as Colour

#E0258E

  • #E0258E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#E0258E is a magenta with RGB values 224, 37, 142 and HSL 326°, 75%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#E0258E#E0258E
HEX#E0258E
RGBrgb(224, 37, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.1451, 0.5569
RGB percentages87.8%, 14.5%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(326.3, 75.1%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(326.3, 83.5%, 87.8%)
CMYK0%, 83.5%, 36.6%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,689,678
CSS custom property--colour: #E0258E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19123WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#1FDA71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F6490no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#83858Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F20058no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 8.2Deep pink · ΔE 12.3Hot pink · ΔE 18Orchid · ΔE 32.7Pale violetred · ΔE 32.7Dark magenta · ΔE 35.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 8.22, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#25E077
Analogous#D425E0, #E02531
Triadic#8EE025, #258EE0
Split complementary#31E025, #25E0D4
Tetradic#E0D425, #25E077, #2531E0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9D8EB
Lighter +30%#F3ABD3
Lighter +20%#ED7EBC
Lighter +10%#E652A5
Darker −10%#B81A73
Darker −20%#8B1457
Darker −30%#5F0D3B
Darker −40%#32071F
More saturated +25%#FF0692
Less saturated −25%#C1448A

Channel breakdown

R224
G37
B142
Red224 (87.8%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue326.31°
Saturation (HSL)75.1%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E0 · G 25 · B 8E

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