#EC0098

sRGB · 236 / 0 / 152

#EC0098 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 236 red, 0 green and 152 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 321.4° lands in the rose region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 46.3% 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 (5.02:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 236, 0, 152
HSL: 321.36°, 100.00%, 46.27%
HSV / HSB: 321.36°, 100.00%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 100.00%, 35.59%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 40.258, 20.103, 31.467
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 51.953, 82.598, -15.059
WCAG relative luminance: 0.20100
24-bit decimal: 15466648

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 #EC0098 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 · 5.02:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 4.18:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

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. 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

#00EC54 sits half a turn (180°) from #EC0098 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.

#EC0098 #00EC54

Analogous

#CA00EC and #EC0022 sit 30° to either side of #EC0098. 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.

#CA00EC #EC0098 #EC0022

Triadic

#EC0098, #98EC00 and #0098EC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EC0098 #98EC00 #0098EC

Split complementary

Start at #EC0098 and look across the wheel. #22EC00 and #00ECCA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EC0098 #22EC00 #00ECCA

Square

Starting with #EC0098, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ECCA00, #00EC54, then #0022EC. Across the square, #EC0098 pairs with #00EC54, and #ECCA00 with #0022EC.

#EC0098 #ECCA00 #00EC54 #0022EC

Tetradic

#EC0098 and #00EC54 are opposites, as are #EC5400 and #0098EC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EC0098 #EC5400 #00EC54 #0098EC

Tints

Mixing #EC0098 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F033AD, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBCCEA, the mixture is 80% white.

#EC0098 #F033AD #F466C1 #F799D6 #FBCCEA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EC0098 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD007A, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F001E, the mixture is 80% black.

#EC0098 #BD007A #8E005B #5E003D #2F001E #000000

Tones

Mixing #EC0098 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D61A93, keeps 80% of the original. By #966685, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EC0098 #D61A93 #C1338E #AB4D8A #966685 #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

#EC0098

RGB

rgb(236 0 152)

HSL

hsl(321.356 100.000% 46.275%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EC0098;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EC0098 uses 236 red, 0 green and 152 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.5%

Green 0.0%

Blue 59.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EC0098 is 0.0% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 35.6% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 100.0%

Yellow 35.6%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE0099. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E09 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EC0098 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF0099, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #EE0099 Nearest web-safe · #FF0099

Gradient to complement

#EC0098 #C5278D #9D4F81 #767676 #4F9D6B #27C55F #00EC54

Color vision previews

Compare how #EC0098 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.

#47649B

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.

#868994

Tritanopia

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

#FF0059

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.

#9E5898

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.

#AC7195

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EC1986

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#7C7C7C

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.

#BF598B

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 0.83880 G 0.00000 B 0.31399

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 0.84881 G 0.18226 B 0.58403

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.68988 G 0.02784 B 0.30022

CIE xyY

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

x 0.438 y 0.219 Y 20.103

CMY

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

C % 7.451 M % 100.000 Y % 40.392

Binary RGB

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

11101100 00000000 10011000