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Recognised as Colour

#E22489

  • #E22489
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#E22489 is a magenta with RGB values 226, 36, 137 and HSL 328°, 77%, 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

#E22489#E22489
HEX#E22489
RGBrgb(226, 36, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.1412, 0.5373
RGB percentages88.6%, 14.1%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(328.1, 76.6%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(328.1, 84.1%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 84.1%, 39.4%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,820,489
CSS custom property--colour: #E22489;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19237WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.8 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#545454
Inverted#1DDB76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#51638Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#868685no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 75.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F40055no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 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 10.4Deep pink · ΔE 11.1Hot pink · ΔE 18.2Pale violetred · ΔE 31.9Orchid · ΔE 35.1Dark magenta · ΔE 38.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 10.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#24E27D
Analogous#DC24E2, #E2242A
Triadic#89E224, #2489E2
Split complementary#2AE224, #24E2DC
Tetradic#E2DC24, #24E27D, #242AE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAD8EA
Lighter +30%#F4ABD2
Lighter +20%#EE7EBA
Lighter +10%#E851A1
Darker −10%#BA196F
Darker −20%#8D1354
Darker −30%#600D39
Darker −40%#33071E
More saturated +25%#FF078B
Less saturated −25%#C34387

Channel breakdown

R226
G36
B137
Red226 (88.6%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue328.11°
Saturation (HSL)76.61%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G 24 · B 89

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