Colour

#FF99EE

#FF99EE
Magenta
Light
Nearest: Violet

#FF99EE is a magenta with RGB values 255, 153, 238 and HSL 310°, 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

#FF99EE#FF99EE

HEX#FF99EE

HEX (short)#F9E

RGBrgb(255, 153, 238)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.6, 0.9333

RGB percentages100%, 60%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(310, 100%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(310, 40%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 40%, 6.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,751,086

CSS custom property--colour: #FF99EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.04:1

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

Contrast with black11.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#006611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#98B3F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2C1EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF9EB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30 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 text11.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 13.7 Orchid · ΔE 16.4 Plum · ΔE 18.2 Hot pink · ΔE 24 Pale violetred · ΔE 31.5 Medium orchid · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 13.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99FFAA

Analogous#DD99FF, #FF99BB

Triadic#EEFF99, #99EEFF

Split complementary#BBFF99, #99FFDD

Tetradic#FFDD99, #99FFAA, #99BBFF

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%#FF66E5

Darker −20%#FF33DD

Darker −30%#FF00D4

Darker −40%#CC00AA

More saturated +25%#FF99EE

Less saturated −25%#F2A6E5

Channel breakdown

R255

G153

B238

Red255 (100%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue310°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 99 · B EE

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Colour values

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