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Recognised as Colour

#E12887

  • #E12887
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#E12887 is a magenta with RGB values 225, 40, 135 and HSL 329°, 76%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#E12887#E12887
HEX#E12887
RGBrgb(225, 40, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.1569, 0.5294
RGB percentages88.2%, 15.7%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(329.2, 75.5%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(329.2, 82.2%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 82.2%, 40%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,755,975
CSS custom property--colour: #E12887;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19274WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#1ED778

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#536489no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#868683no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F30055no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 11Deep pink · ΔE 12.1Hot pink · ΔE 17.7Pale violetred · ΔE 30.4Orchid · ΔE 35.4Dark magenta · ΔE 38.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 10.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#28E182
Analogous#DE28E1, #E1282B
Triadic#87E128, #2887E1
Split complementary#2BE128, #28E1DE
Tetradic#E1DE28, #28E182, #282BE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FADBEB
Lighter +30%#F4AED2
Lighter +20%#ED82B9
Lighter +10%#E755A0
Darker −10%#BC1A6D
Darker −20%#8F1453
Darker −30%#620E39
Darker −40%#36071F
More saturated +25%#FF0A88
Less saturated −25%#C24786

Channel breakdown

R225
G40
B135
Red225 (88.2%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue329.19°
Saturation (HSL)75.51%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G 28 · B 87

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