#EC00F6

sRGB: 236 / 0 / 246

#EC00F6 belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 236 red, 0 green and 246 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 297.6° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 48.2% 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 (5.90:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 236, 0, 246
HSL: 297.56°, 100.00%, 48.24%
HSV / HSB: 297.56°, 100.00%, 96.47%
CMYK (approx.): 4.07%, 100.00%, 0.00%, 3.53%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 51.224, 24.489, 89.221
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 56.574, 94.076, -62.013
WCAG relative luminance: 0.24487
24-bit decimal: 15466742

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 #EC00F6 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: 5.90:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.56:1

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

#0AF600 sits half a turn (180°) from #EC00F6 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.

#EC00F6 #0AF600

Analogous

#7100F6 and #F60085 sit 30° to either side of #EC00F6. 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.

#7100F6 #EC00F6 #F60085

Triadic

#EC00F6, #F6EC00 and #00F6EC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EC00F6 #F6EC00 #00F6EC

Split complementary

Start at #EC00F6 and look across the wheel. #85F600 and #00F671 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EC00F6 #85F600 #00F671

Square

Starting with #EC00F6, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #F67100, #0AF600, then #0085F6. Across the square, #EC00F6 pairs with #0AF600, and #F67100 with #0085F6.

#EC00F6 #F67100 #0AF600 #0085F6

Tetradic

#EC00F6 and #0AF600 are opposites, as are #F6000A and #00F6EC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EC00F6 #F6000A #0AF600 #00F6EC

Tints

Mixing #EC00F6 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F033F8, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBCCFD, the mixture is 80% white.

#EC00F6 #F033F8 #F466FA #F799FB #FBCCFD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EC00F6 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD00C5, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F0031, the mixture is 80% black.

#EC00F6 #BD00C5 #8E0094 #5E0062 #2F0031 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EC00F6 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D61ADE, keeps 80% of the original. By #966698, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EC00F6 #D61ADE #C133C7 #AB4DAF #966698 #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

#EC00F6

RGB

rgb(236 0 246)

HSL

hsl(297.561 100.000% 48.235%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EC00F6;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EC00F6 uses 236 red, 0 green and 246 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.5%

Green 0.0%

Blue 96.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EC00F6 is 4.1% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 3.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 4.1%

Magenta 100.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 3.5%

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 #EC00F6 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

#EC00F6 #C629CD #A152A4 #7B7B7B #55A452 #30CD29 #0AF600

Color vision previews

Compare how #EC00F6 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.

#0078FB

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.

#5890F1

Tritanopia

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

#F24B91

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.

#8B66F8

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.

#9877F3

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E937D9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#888888

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.

#C262C9

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 0.92158

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 0.93259

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.68988 G 0.02784 B 0.85345

CIE xyY

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

x 0.311 y 0.148 Y 24.489

CMY

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

C % 7.451 M % 100.000 Y % 3.529

Binary RGB

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

11101100 00000000 11110110