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Recognised as Colour

#E37CEF

  • #E37CEF
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#E37CEF is a magenta with RGB values 227, 124, 239 and HSL 294°, 78%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#E37CEF#E37CEF
HEX#E37CEF
RGBrgb(227, 124, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.4863, 0.9373
RGB percentages89%, 48.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(293.7, 78.2%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(293.7, 48.1%, 93.7%)
CMYK5%, 48.1%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,908,655
CSS custom property--colour: #E37CEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.4:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#1C8310

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6D9CF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BA8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E68AABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 5.1Orchid · ΔE 8.3Medium orchid · ΔE 15.2Medium purple · ΔE 24.8Plum · ΔE 31.3Hot pink · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 5.07, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88EF7C
Analogous#A97CEF, #EF7CC2
Triadic#EFE37C, #7CEFE3
Split complementary#C2EF7C, #7CEFA9
Tetradic#EFA97C, #88EF7C, #7CC2EF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6D7FA
Lighter +10%#EDA9F5
Darker −10%#D94FE9
Darker −20%#D021E4
Darker −30%#AA17BB
Darker −40%#81118E
More saturated +25%#F06CFF
Less saturated −25%#D48EDD

Channel breakdown

R227
G124
B239
Red227 (89%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue293.74°
Saturation (HSL)78.23%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E3 · G 7C · B EF

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