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Recognised as Colour

#E166E9

  • #E166E9
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#E166E9 is a magenta with RGB values 225, 102, 233 and HSL 296°, 75%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#E166E9#E166E9
HEX#E166E9
RGBrgb(225, 102, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.4, 0.9137
RGB percentages88.2%, 40%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(296.3, 74.9%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(296.3, 56.2%, 91.4%)
CMYK3.4%, 56.2%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,771,945
CSS custom property--colour: #E166E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.28:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#1E9916

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#548EEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D9DE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E6779Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 11.3Violet · ΔE 13.8Orchid · ΔE 14.4Dark orchid · ΔE 24.7Medium purple · ΔE 29.9Dark magenta · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EE966
Analogous#A066E9, #E966AF
Triadic#E9E166, #66E9E1
Split complementary#B0E966, #66E99F
Tetradic#E99F66, #6EE966, #66AFE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBECFC
Lighter +20%#F2BFF6
Lighter +10%#EA93EF
Darker −10%#D839E3
Darker −20%#C11DCC
Darker −30%#97179F
Darker −40%#6D1073
More saturated +25%#F450FF
Less saturated −25%#CE7CD3

Channel breakdown

R225
G102
B233
Red225 (88.2%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue296.34°
Saturation (HSL)74.86%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E1 · G 66 · B E9

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