Recognised as Colour

#EC9CC8

#EC9CC8
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#EC9CC8 is a magenta with RGB values 236, 156, 200 and HSL 327°, 68%, 77%. 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#EC9CC8

RGBrgb(236, 156, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6118, 0.7843

RGB percentages92.5%, 61.2%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(327, 67.8%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(327, 33.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 33.9%, 15.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,506,632

CSS custom property--colour: #EC9CC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.16:1

Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#136337

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2ACCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5B9C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F69BABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.3 Light pink · ΔE 18.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 19.2 Pink · ΔE 20.7 Thistle · ΔE 23.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9CECC0

Analogous#E89CEC, #EC9CA0

Triadic#C8EC9C, #9CC8EC

Split complementary#A0EC9C, #9CECE8

Tetradic#ECE89C, #9CECC0, #9CA0EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCF2F8

Lighter +10%#F4C7E0

Darker −10%#E471B0

Darker −20%#DC4698

Darker −30%#C92680

Darker −40%#9E1E64

More saturated +25%#FB8DC9

Less saturated −25%#DDABC7

Channel breakdown

R236

G156

B200

Red236 (92.5%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue327°

Saturation (HSL)67.8%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 9C · B C8

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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