Recognised as Colour

#E58AEE

#E58AEE
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Violet

#E58AEE is a magenta with RGB values 229, 138, 238 and HSL 295°, 75%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#E58AEE#E58AEE

HEX#E58AEE

RGBrgb(229, 138, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.5412, 0.9333

RGB percentages89.8%, 54.1%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(294.6, 74.6%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(294.6, 42%, 93.3%)

CMYK3.8%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,043,310

CSS custom property--colour: #E58AEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#1A7511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7FA5F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#97AFEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E995B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 6.7 Orchid · ΔE 9.4 Medium orchid · ΔE 22.1 Plum · ΔE 22.5 Medium purple · ΔE 24.4 Hot pink · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 6.65, clearly different but related

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#93EE8A

Analogous#B38AEE, #EE8AC5

Triadic#EEE58A, #8AEEE5

Split complementary#C5EE8A, #8AEEB3

Tetradic#EEB38A, #93EE8A, #8AC5EE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9E3FB

Lighter +10%#EFB7F4

Darker −10%#DB5DE8

Darker −20%#D131E1

Darker −30%#B41CC3

Darker −40%#8B1696

More saturated +25%#F379FF

Less saturated −25%#D79BDD

Channel breakdown

R229

G138

B238

Red229 (89.8%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue294.6°

Saturation (HSL)74.63%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G 8A · B EE

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