#EC00EA

sRGB · 236 / 0 / 234

#EC00EA belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 236 red, 0 green and 234 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 300.5° 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 (5.75:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 236, 0, 234
HSL: 300.51°, 100.00%, 46.27%
HSV / HSB: 300.51°, 100.00%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 100.00%, 0.85%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 49.441, 23.776, 79.830
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 55.863, 92.366, -56.429
WCAG relative luminance: 0.23773
24-bit decimal: 15466730

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 #EC00EA 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 · 5.75:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.65:1

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

#00EC02 sits half a turn (180°) from #EC00EA 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.

#EC00EA #00EC02

Analogous

#7800EC and #EC0074 sit 30° to either side of #EC00EA. 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.

#7800EC #EC00EA #EC0074

Triadic

#EC00EA, #EAEC00 and #00EAEC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EC00EA #EAEC00 #00EAEC

Split complementary

Start at #EC00EA and look across the wheel. #74EC00 and #00EC78 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EC00EA #74EC00 #00EC78

Square

Starting with #EC00EA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EC7800, #00EC02, then #0074EC. Across the square, #EC00EA pairs with #00EC02, and #EC7800 with #0074EC.

#EC00EA #EC7800 #00EC02 #0074EC

Tetradic

#EC00EA and #00EC02 are opposites, as are #EC0200 and #00EAEC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EC00EA #EC0200 #00EC02 #00EAEC

Tints

Mixing #EC00EA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F033EE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBCCFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#EC00EA #F033EE #F466F2 #F799F7 #FBCCFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EC00EA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD00BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F002F, the mixture is 80% black.

#EC00EA #BD00BB #8E008C #5E005E #2F002F #000000

Tones

Mixing #EC00EA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D61AD5, keeps 80% of the original. By #966695, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EC00EA #D61AD5 #C133C0 #AB4DAA #966695 #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

#EC00EA

RGB

rgb(236 0 234)

HSL

hsl(300.508 100.000% 46.275%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EC00EA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EC00EA uses 236 red, 0 green and 234 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.5%

Green 0.0%

Blue 91.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EC00EA is 0.0% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 0.8% 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 0.8%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE00EE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E0E in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EC00EA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF00FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #EE00EE Nearest web-safe · #FF00FF

Gradient to complement

#EC00EA #C527C3 #9D4F9D #767676 #4F9D4F #27C529 #00EC02

Color vision previews

Compare how #EC00EA 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.

#0075EF

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.

#618FE5

Tritanopia

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

#F4438A

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.

#8E64EC

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.

#9C76E7

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E934CE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#868686

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.

#C261C1

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 0.82279

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 0.84881 G 0.18226 B 0.88780

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.68988 G 0.02784 B 0.76349

CIE xyY

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

x 0.323 y 0.155 Y 23.776

CMY

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

C % 7.451 M % 100.000 Y % 8.235

Binary RGB

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

11101100 00000000 11101010