#E596FF

sRGB: 229 / 150 / 255

Infinite horizons dance upon still waters
Shimmering rivers blossom beneath falling stars
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#E596FF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 229 red, 150 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 285.1° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.4% 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 (10.14:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 229, 150, 255
HSL: 285.14°, 100.00%, 79.41%
HSV / HSB: 285.14°, 41.18%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 10.20%, 41.18%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 61.266, 45.692, 100.203
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 73.345, 46.808, -40.481
WCAG relative luminance: 0.45691
24-bit decimal: 15046399

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 #E596FF 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: 10.14:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.07:1

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

#B0FF96 sits half a turn (180°) from #E596FF 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.

#E596FF #B0FF96

Analogous

#B096FF and #FF96E5 sit 30° to either side of #E596FF. 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.

#B096FF #E596FF #FF96E5

Triadic

#E596FF, #FFE596 and #96FFE5 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#E596FF #FFE596 #96FFE5

Split complementary

Start at #E596FF and look across the wheel. #E5FF96 and #96FFB0 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#E596FF #E5FF96 #96FFB0

Square

Starting with #E596FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFB096, #B0FF96, then #96E5FF. Across the square, #E596FF pairs with #B0FF96, and #FFB096 with #96E5FF.

#E596FF #FFB096 #B0FF96 #96E5FF

Tetradic

#E596FF and #B0FF96 are opposites, as are #FF96B0 and #96FFE5. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#E596FF #FF96B0 #B0FF96 #96FFE5

Tints

Mixing #E596FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EAABFF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FAEAFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#E596FF #EAABFF #EFC0FF #F5D5FF #FAEAFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #E596FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B778CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #2E1E33, the mixture is 80% black.

#E596FF #B778CC #895A99 #5C3C66 #2E1E33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #E596FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D192E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #948499, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#E596FF #D192E6 #BD8DCC #A889B3 #948499 #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

#E596FF

RGB

rgb(229 150 255)

HSL

hsl(285.143 100.000% 79.412%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #E596FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#E596FF uses 229 red, 150 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 89.8%

Green 58.8%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #E596FF is 10.2% cyan, 41.2% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 10.2%

Magenta 41.2%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD99FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D9F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #E596FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DD99FF Nearest web-safe: #CC99FF

Gradient to complement

#E596FF #DCA8EE #D3B9DC #CBCBCB #C2DCB9 #B9EEA8 #B0FF96

Color vision previews

Compare how #E596FF 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.

#85AFFF

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.

#9AB7FC

Tritanopia

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

#E5A4BF

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.

#AFA8FF

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.

#B4ADFD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E29DEA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B4B4B4

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.

#CEA6DE

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 0.78354 G 0.30499 B 1.00000

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 0.85354 G 0.60199 B 0.97587

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.69858 G 0.32087 B 0.94599

CIE xyY

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

x 0.296 y 0.221 Y 45.692

CMY

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

C % 10.196 M % 41.176 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

11100101 10010110 11111111