Colour

#EE00EE

#EE00EE
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Fuchsia

#EE00EE is a magenta with RGB values 238, 0, 238 and HSL 300°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Fuchsia.

Colour values

#EE00EE#EE00EE

HEX#EE00EE

HEX (short)#E0E

RGBrgb(238, 0, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0, 0.9333

RGB percentages93.3%, 0%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(300, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(300, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,597,806

CSS custom property--colour: #EE00EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.87:1

Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#11FF11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0076F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74 from the original

Deuteranopia#6190E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 83.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F6458Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Fuchsia · ΔE 7 Magenta · ΔE 7 Dark violet · ΔE 27 Dark orchid · ΔE 31.1 Blue violet · ΔE 32.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 35.8

Nearest named CSS colourFuchsia (#FF00FF)ΔE 7.05, clearly different but related

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00EE00

Analogous#7700EE, #EE0077

Triadic#EEEE00, #00EEEE

Split complementary#77EE00, #00EE77

Tetradic#EE7700, #00EE00, #0077EE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFBBFF

Lighter +30%#FF88FF

Lighter +20%#FF55FF

Lighter +10%#FF22FF

Darker −10%#BB00BB

Darker −20%#880088

Darker −30%#550055

Darker −40%#220022

More saturated +25%#EE00EE

Less saturated −25%#D01ED0

Channel breakdown

R238

B238

Red238 (93.3%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue300°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed and Blue

Hex per channelR EE · G 00 · B EE

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