Colour

#FF99ED

#FF99ED
Magenta
Light
Nearest: Violet

#FF99ED is a magenta with RGB values 255, 153, 237 and HSL 311°, 100%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#FF99ED#FF99ED

HEX#FF99ED

RGBrgb(255, 153, 237)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6, 0.9294

RGB percentages100%, 60%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(310.6, 100%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(310.6, 40%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 40%, 7.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,751,085

CSS custom property--colour: #FF99ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#006612

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#98B3F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3C1EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9EB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 14.1 Orchid · ΔE 16.7 Plum · ΔE 17.9 Hot pink · ΔE 23.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 31.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 14.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99FFAB

Analogous#DE99FF, #FF99BA

Triadic#EDFF99, #99EDFF

Split complementary#BAFF99, #99FFDE

Tetradic#FFDE99, #99FFAB, #99BAFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFCCF6

Darker −10%#FF66E4

Darker −20%#FF33DB

Darker −30%#FF00D2

Darker −40%#CC00A8

More saturated +25%#FF99ED

Less saturated −25%#F2A6E5

Channel breakdown

R255

G153

B237

Red255 (100%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue310.59°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 99 · B ED

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