Recognised as Colour

#EC7ED9

#EC7ED9
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#EC7ED9 is a magenta with RGB values 236, 126, 217 and HSL 310°, 74%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#EC7ED9

RGBrgb(236, 126, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.4941, 0.851

RGB percentages92.5%, 49.4%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(310.4, 74.3%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(310.4, 46.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 46.6%, 8.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,498,969

CSS custom property--colour: #EC7ED9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.55:1

Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#138126

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7D9BDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9BABD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F584A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 8.2 Violet · ΔE 9.2 Hot pink · ΔE 20.3 Plum · ΔE 23.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 24.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 8.16, clearly different but related

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7EEC91

Analogous#C87EEC, #EC7EA2

Triadic#D9EC7E, #7ED9EC

Split complementary#A2EC7E, #7EECC8

Tetradic#ECC87E, #7EEC91, #7EA2EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9D7F3

Lighter +10%#F3AAE6

Darker −10%#E552CC

Darker −20%#DF25BF

Darker −30%#B61B9B

Darker −40%#8A1475

More saturated +25%#FF6CE5

Less saturated −25%#DA91CD

Channel breakdown

R236

G126

B217

Red236 (92.5%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue310.36°

Saturation (HSL)74.32%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 7E · B D9

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Colour values

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