#EC00B4

sRGB: 236 / 0 / 180

#EC00B4 belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 236 red, 0 green and 180 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 314.2° lands in the magenta 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 (5.23:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 236, 0, 180
HSL: 314.24°, 100.00%, 46.27%
HSV / HSB: 314.24°, 100.00%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 100.00%, 23.73%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 42.829, 21.131, 45.005
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 53.093, 85.515, -29.845
WCAG relative luminance: 0.21128
24-bit decimal: 15466676

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 #EC00B4 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: 5.23:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 4.02:1

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.

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

#00EC38 sits half a turn (180°) from #EC00B4 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.

#EC00B4 #00EC38

Analogous

#AE00EC and #EC003E sit 30° to either side of #EC00B4. 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.

#AE00EC #EC00B4 #EC003E

Triadic

#EC00B4, #B4EC00 and #00B4EC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EC00B4 #B4EC00 #00B4EC

Split complementary

Start at #EC00B4 and look across the wheel. #3EEC00 and #00ECAE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EC00B4 #3EEC00 #00ECAE

Square

Starting with #EC00B4, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ECAE00, #00EC38, then #003EEC. Across the square, #EC00B4 pairs with #00EC38, and #ECAE00 with #003EEC.

#EC00B4 #ECAE00 #00EC38 #003EEC

Tetradic

#EC00B4 and #00EC38 are opposites, as are #EC3800 and #00B4EC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EC00B4 #EC3800 #00EC38 #00B4EC

Tints

Mixing #EC00B4 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F033C3, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBCCF0, the mixture is 80% white.

#EC00B4 #F033C3 #F466D2 #F799E1 #FBCCF0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EC00B4 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD0090, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F0024, the mixture is 80% black.

#EC00B4 #BD0090 #8E006C #5E0048 #2F0024 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EC00B4 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D61AAA, keeps 80% of the original. By #96668A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EC00B4 #D61AAA #C1339F #AB4D95 #96668A #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

#EC00B4

RGB

rgb(236 0 180)

HSL

hsl(314.237 100.000% 46.275%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EC00B4;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EC00B4 uses 236 red, 0 green and 180 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.5%

Green 0.0%

Blue 70.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EC00B4 is 0.0% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 23.7% 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 23.7%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE00BB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E0B in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EC00B4 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF00CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EE00BB Nearest web-safe: #FF00CC

Gradient to complement

#EC00B4 #C5279F #9D4F8B #767676 #4F9D61 #27C54D #00EC38

Color vision previews

Compare how #EC00B4 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.

#3469B8

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.

#7D8BB0

Tritanopia

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

#FC0569

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.

#9A5BB5

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.

#A772B1

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EB239F

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#7F7F7F

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.

#C05B9C

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 0.83880 G 0.00000 B 0.45641

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 0.68715

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.68988 G 0.02784 B 0.42990

CIE xyY

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

x 0.393 y 0.194 Y 21.131

CMY

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

C % 7.451 M % 100.000 Y % 29.412

Binary RGB

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

11101100 00000000 10110100