#ED05AB

sRGB · 237 / 5 / 171

#ED05AB belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 237 red, 5 green and 171 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 317.1° lands in the rose region. Its 95.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 47.5% 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 (5.21:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 237, 5, 171
HSL: 317.07°, 95.87%, 47.45%
HSV / HSB: 317.07°, 97.89%, 92.94%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 97.89%, 27.85%, 7.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 42.328, 21.056, 40.365
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 53.011, 84.368, -24.679
WCAG relative luminance: 0.21053
24-bit decimal: 15533483

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 #ED05AB 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 · 5.21:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 4.03:1

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

#05ED47 sits half a turn (180°) from #ED05AB 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.

#ED05AB #05ED47

Analogous

#BB05ED and #ED0537 sit 30° to either side of #ED05AB. 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.

#BB05ED #ED05AB #ED0537

Triadic

#ED05AB, #ABED05 and #05ABED are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ED05AB #ABED05 #05ABED

Split complementary

Start at #ED05AB and look across the wheel. #37ED05 and #05EDBB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ED05AB #37ED05 #05EDBB

Square

Starting with #ED05AB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EDBB05, #05ED47, then #0537ED. Across the square, #ED05AB pairs with #05ED47, and #EDBB05 with #0537ED.

#ED05AB #EDBB05 #05ED47 #0537ED

Tetradic

#ED05AB and #05ED47 are opposites, as are #ED4705 and #05ABED. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ED05AB #ED4705 #05ED47 #05ABED

Tints

Mixing #ED05AB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F137BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBCDEE, the mixture is 80% white.

#ED05AB #F137BC #F469CD #F89BDD #FBCDEE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ED05AB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE0489, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F0122, the mixture is 80% black.

#ED05AB #BE0489 #8E0367 #5F0244 #2F0122 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ED05AB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D71EA2, keeps 80% of the original. By #966789, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ED05AB #D71EA2 #C1369A #AC4F91 #966789 #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

#ED05AB

RGB

rgb(237 5 171)

HSL

hsl(317.069 95.868% 47.451%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ED05AB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ED05AB uses 237 red, 5 green and 171 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.9%

Green 2.0%

Blue 67.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ED05AB is 0.0% cyan, 97.9% magenta, 27.8% yellow and 7.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 97.9%

Yellow 27.8%

Black 7.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE00AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E0A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #ED05AB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF0099, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #EE00AA Nearest web-safe · #FF0099

Gradient to complement

#ED05AB #C62C9A #A0528A #797979 #52A068 #2CC658 #05ED47

Color vision previews

Compare how #ED05AB 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.

#3D68AE

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.

#818BA7

Tritanopia

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

#FE0065

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.

#9C5BAC

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.

#AA73A8

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ED2297

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.

#C05C97

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 0.84687 G 0.00152 B 0.40724

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 0.85257 G 0.18831 B 0.65410

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.69679 G 0.02958 B 0.38538

CIE xyY

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

x 0.408 y 0.203 Y 21.056

CMY

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

C % 7.059 M % 98.039 Y % 32.941

Binary RGB

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

11101101 00000101 10101011