Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#E596C3

  • #E596C3
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#E596C3 is a magenta with RGB values 229, 150, 195 and HSL 326°, 60%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E596C3#E596C3
HEX#E596C3
RGBrgb(229, 150, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.5882, 0.7647
RGB percentages89.8%, 58.8%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(325.8, 60.3%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(325.8, 34.5%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 34.5%, 14.8%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,046,339
CSS custom property--colour: #E596C3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.48:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#1A693C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BA6C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEB3C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#EF96A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.8Pale violetred · ΔE 18.2Light pink · ΔE 20.5Pink · ΔE 22.4Thistle · ΔE 24.6Rosy brown · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96E5B8
Analogous#E096E5, #E5969B
Triadic#C3E596, #96C3E5
Split complementary#9BE596, #96E5E0
Tetradic#E5E096, #96E5B8, #969BE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9E8F2
Lighter +10%#EFBFDA
Darker −10%#DB6DAC
Darker −20%#D14494
Darker −30%#B52D7A
Darker −40%#8C235F
More saturated +25%#F586C5
Less saturated −25%#D5A6C1

Channel breakdown

R229
G150
B195
Red229 (89.8%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue325.82°
Saturation (HSL)60.31%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 96 · B C3

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “e596c3” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.