#E674BC

sRGB: 230 / 116 / 188

Infinite horizons emerge from slumber
Hidden pathways breathe beneath silver clouds
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#E674BC belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 230 red, 116 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 322.1° lands in the rose region. Its 69.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 67.8% 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 (7.59:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 230, 116, 188
HSL: 322.11°, 69.51%, 67.84%
HSV / HSB: 322.11°, 49.57%, 90.20%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 49.57%, 18.26%, 9.80%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 47.954, 32.947, 51.412
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 64.118, 52.711, -17.595
WCAG relative luminance: 0.32945
24-bit decimal: 15103164

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 #E674BC 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: 7.59:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.77:1

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

#74E69E sits half a turn (180°) from #E674BC 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.

#E674BC #74E69E

Analogous

#D774E6 and #E67483 sit 30° to either side of #E674BC. 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.

#D774E6 #E674BC #E67483

Triadic

#E674BC, #BCE674 and #74BCE6 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#E674BC #BCE674 #74BCE6

Split complementary

Start at #E674BC and look across the wheel. #83E674 and #74E6D7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#E674BC #83E674 #74E6D7

Square

Starting with #E674BC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E6D774, #74E69E, then #7483E6. Across the square, #E674BC pairs with #74E69E, and #E6D774 with #7483E6.

#E674BC #E6D774 #74E69E #7483E6

Tetradic

#E674BC and #74E69E are opposites, as are #E69E74 and #74BCE6. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#E674BC #E69E74 #74E69E #74BCE6

Tints

Mixing #E674BC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EB90C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FAE3F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#E674BC #EB90C9 #F0ACD7 #F5C7E4 #FAE3F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #E674BC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B85D96, keeps 80% of the original. By #2E1726, the mixture is 80% black.

#E674BC #B85D96 #8A4671 #5C2E4B #2E1726 #000000

Tones

Mixing #E674BC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D276B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #947E8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#E674BC #D276B0 #BD79A4 #A97B98 #947E8C #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

#E674BC

RGB

rgb(230 116 188)

HSL

hsl(322.105 69.512% 67.843%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #E674BC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#E674BC uses 230 red, 116 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 90.2%

Green 45.5%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #E674BC is 0.0% cyan, 49.6% magenta, 18.3% yellow and 9.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 49.6%

Yellow 18.3%

Black 9.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE77BB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E7B in CSS. For a modern design, keep #E674BC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF66CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EE77BB Nearest web-safe: #FF66CC

Gradient to complement

#E674BC #D387B7 #C09AB2 #ADADAD #9AC0A8 #87D3A3 #74E69E

Color vision previews

Compare how #E674BC 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.

#7C90BE

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.

#9BA2B9

Tritanopia

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

#F27490

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.

#AC89BD

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.

#B595BA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E578AE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#9B9B9B

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.

#C589AD

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 0.79130 G 0.17465 B 0.50289

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 0.84439 G 0.47900 B 0.72475

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.68182 G 0.19512 B 0.48405

CIE xyY

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

x 0.362 y 0.249 Y 32.947

CMY

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

C % 9.804 M % 54.510 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

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