#E795EA

sRGB: 231 / 149 / 234

Infinite horizons awaken with sunrise
Shimmering rivers wander across quiet meadows
Infinite wonders illuminate hidden worlds

#E795EA belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 231 red, 149 green and 234 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 297.9° lands in the magenta region. Its 66.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 75.1% 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 (9.88:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 231, 149, 234
HSL: 297.88°, 66.93%, 75.10%
HSV / HSB: 297.88°, 36.32%, 91.76%
CMYK (approx.): 1.28%, 36.32%, 0.00%, 8.24%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 58.551, 44.426, 83.335
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 72.512, 43.921, -30.325
WCAG relative luminance: 0.44424
24-bit decimal: 15177194

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 #E795EA 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: 9.88:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.12:1

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

#98EA95 sits half a turn (180°) from #E795EA 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.

#E795EA #98EA95

Analogous

#BD95EA and #EA95C3 sit 30° to either side of #E795EA. 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.

#BD95EA #E795EA #EA95C3

Triadic

#E795EA, #EAE795 and #95EAE7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#E795EA #EAE795 #95EAE7

Split complementary

Start at #E795EA and look across the wheel. #C3EA95 and #95EABC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#E795EA #C3EA95 #95EABC

Square

Starting with #E795EA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EABC95, #98EA95, then #95C3EA. Across the square, #E795EA pairs with #98EA95, and #EABC95 with #95C3EA.

#E795EA #EABC95 #98EA95 #95C3EA

Tetradic

#E795EA and #98EA95 are opposites, as are #EA9598 and #95EAE7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#E795EA #EA9598 #98EA95 #95EAE7

Tints

Mixing #E795EA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #ECAAEE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FAEAFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#E795EA #ECAAEE #F1BFF2 #F5D5F7 #FAEAFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #E795EA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B977BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #2E1E2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#E795EA #B977BB #8B598C #5C3C5E #2E1E2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #E795EA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D291D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #958495, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#E795EA #D291D5 #BE8DC0 #A988AA #958495 #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

#E795EA

RGB

rgb(231 149 234)

HSL

hsl(297.882 66.929% 75.098%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #E795EA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#E795EA uses 231 red, 149 green and 234 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 90.6%

Green 58.4%

Blue 91.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #E795EA is 1.3% cyan, 36.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 8.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.3%

Magenta 36.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 8.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE99EE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E9E in CSS. For a modern design, keep #E795EA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF99FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EE99EE Nearest web-safe: #FF99FF

Gradient to complement

#E795EA #DAA3DC #CDB1CE #C0C0C0 #B2CEB1 #A5DCA3 #98EA95

Color vision previews

Compare how #E795EA 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.

#8EABED

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.

#A3B6E7

Tritanopia

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

#EB9DB5

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.

#B4A5EB

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.

#BAACE8

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E59AD9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B2B2B2

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.

#CFA4D0

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 0.79910 G 0.30054 B 0.82279

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 0.86001 G 0.59875 B 0.89856

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.71059 G 0.31709 B 0.78457

CIE xyY

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

x 0.314 y 0.238 Y 44.426

CMY

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

C % 9.412 M % 41.569 Y % 8.235

Binary RGB

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

11100111 10010101 11101010