#E08DEC

sRGB: 224 / 141 / 236

Infinite horizons linger without sound
Morning melodies illuminate forgotten empires
Infinite wonders awaken sleeping galaxies

#E08DEC belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 224 red, 141 green and 236 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 292.4° lands in the magenta region. Its 71.4% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 73.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.19:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 224, 141, 236
HSL: 292.42°, 71.43%, 73.92%
HSV / HSB: 292.42°, 40.25%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 5.08%, 40.25%, 0.00%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.403, 40.955, 84.346
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 70.144, 46.363, -35.144
WCAG relative luminance: 0.40953
24-bit decimal: 14716396

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #E08DEC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 9.19:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.28:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#99EC8D sits half a turn (180°) from #E08DEC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#E08DEC #99EC8D

Analogous

#B18DEC and #EC8DC8 sit 30° to either side of #E08DEC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#B18DEC #E08DEC #EC8DC8

Triadic

#E08DEC, #ECE08D and #8DECE0 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#E08DEC #ECE08D #8DECE0

Split complementary

Start at #E08DEC and look across the wheel. #C8EC8D and #8DECB1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#E08DEC #C8EC8D #8DECB1

Square

Starting with #E08DEC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ECB18D, #99EC8D, then #8DC9EC. Across the square, #E08DEC pairs with #99EC8D, and #ECB18D with #8DC9EC.

#E08DEC #ECB18D #99EC8D #8DC9EC

Tetradic

#E08DEC and #99EC8D are opposites, as are #EC8D99 and #8DECE0. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#E08DEC #EC8D99 #99EC8D #8DECE0

Tints

Mixing #E08DEC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6A4F0, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9E8FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#E08DEC #E6A4F0 #ECBBF4 #F3D1F7 #F9E8FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #E08DEC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B371BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D1C2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#E08DEC #B371BD #86558E #5A385E #2D1C2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #E08DEC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CD8AD6, keeps 80% of the original. By #938396, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#E08DEC #CD8AD6 #BA88C1 #A685AB #938396 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#E08DEC

RGB

rgb(224 141 236)

HSL

hsl(292.421 71.429% 73.922%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #E08DEC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#E08DEC uses 224 red, 141 green and 236 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.8%

Green 55.3%

Blue 92.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #E08DEC is 5.1% cyan, 40.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 5.1%

Magenta 40.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD88EE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D8E in CSS. For a modern design, keep #E08DEC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DD88EE Nearest web-safe: #CC99FF

Gradient to complement

#E08DEC #D49DDC #C8ADCC #BDBDBD #B1CCAD #A5DC9D #99EC8D

Color vision previews

Compare how #E08DEC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#82A5EF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#98AFE9

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#E398B2

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AB9FED

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B1A5EA

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DE93D9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#ABABAB

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C89DCF

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.74540 G 0.26636 B 0.83880

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.83248 G 0.56781 B 0.90421

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.66035 G 0.28226 B 0.79576

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.307 y 0.227 Y 40.955

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 12.157 M % 44.706 Y % 7.451

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11100000 10001101 11101100