Recognised as Colour

#E79FC8

#E79FC8
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#E79FC8 is a magenta with RGB values 231, 159, 200 and HSL 326°, 60%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#E79FC8

RGBrgb(231, 159, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6235, 0.7843

RGB percentages90.6%, 62.4%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(325.8, 60%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(325.8, 31.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 31.2%, 13.4%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,179,720

CSS custom property--colour: #E79FC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.19:1

Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#186037

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3AECAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5B9C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F09FADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.8 Light pink · ΔE 17.6 Pink · ΔE 18.9 Thistle · ΔE 20.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 21 Rosy brown · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9FE7BE

Analogous#E29FE7, #E79FA4

Triadic#C8E79F, #9FC8E7

Split complementary#A4E79F, #9FE7E2

Tetradic#E7E29F, #9FE7BE, #9FA4E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF1F7

Lighter +10%#F1C8DF

Darker −10%#DD76B1

Darker −20%#D34D99

Darker −30%#BE2F80

Darker −40%#952565

More saturated +25%#F690CA

Less saturated −25%#D8AEC6

Channel breakdown

R231

G159

B200

Red231 (90.6%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue325.83°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 9F · B C8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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