Recognised as Colour

#E402EE

#E402EE
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Fuchsia

#E402EE is a magenta with RGB values 228, 2, 238 and HSL 297°, 98%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Fuchsia.

Colour values

#E402EE#E402EE

HEX#E402EE

RGBrgb(228, 2, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.0078, 0.9333

RGB percentages89.4%, 0.8%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(297.5, 98.3%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(297.5, 99.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK4.2%, 99.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,942,958

CSS custom property--colour: #E402EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.54:1

Contrast with white3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#1BFD11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0074F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#558BEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EA498Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Fuchsia · ΔE 8.7 Magenta · ΔE 8.7 Dark violet · ΔE 23.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 28.8 Blue violet · ΔE 28.9 Medium orchid · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourFuchsia (#FF00FF)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0CEE02

Analogous#6E02EE, #EE0282

Triadic#EEE402, #02EEE4

Split complementary#82EE02, #02EE6E

Tetradic#EE6E02, #0CEE02, #0282EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FCBEFE

Lighter +30%#F98BFE

Lighter +20%#F758FE

Lighter +10%#F426FD

Darker −10%#B402BB

Darker −20%#830189

Darker −30%#530156

Darker −40%#220024

More saturated +25%#E600F0

Less saturated −25%#C920D0

Channel breakdown

R228

B238

Red228 (89.4%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue297.46°

Saturation (HSL)98.33%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E4 · G 02 · B EE

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