Recognised as Colour

#ECB2DD

#ECB2DD
Magenta
Light
Nearest: Plum

#ECB2DD is a magenta with RGB values 236, 178, 221 and HSL 316°, 60%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#ECB2DD

RGBrgb(236, 178, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.698, 0.8667

RGB percentages92.5%, 69.8%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(315.5, 60.4%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(315.5, 24.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 24.6%, 6.4%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,512,285

CSS custom property--colour: #ECB2DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54894WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.98:1

Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#134D22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3BEDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0C7DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F2B4C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.3 Thistle · ΔE 15.2 Pink · ΔE 17.7 Light pink · ΔE 18.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 27.4 Lavender · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B2ECC1

Analogous#DEB2EC, #ECB2C0

Triadic#DDECB2, #B2DDEC

Split complementary#C0ECB2, #B2ECDE

Tetradic#ECDEB2, #B2ECC1, #B2C0EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F6DBEF

Darker −10%#E289CB

Darker −20%#D860B9

Darker −30%#CE37A7

Darker −40%#A82A88

More saturated +25%#F8A6E3

Less saturated −25%#E0BED7

Channel breakdown

R236

G178

B221

Red236 (92.5%)

Green178 (69.8%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue315.52°

Saturation (HSL)60.42%

Lightness81.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G B2 · B DD

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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