#ED73FF

sRGB: 237 / 115 / 255

Infinite horizons command forgotten kingdoms
Hidden pathways flicker through endless evenings
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#ED73FF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 237 red, 115 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 292.3° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 72.5% 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 (8.50:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 237, 115, 255
HSL: 292.29°, 100.00%, 72.55%
HSV / HSB: 292.29°, 54.90%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 7.06%, 54.90%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 59.103, 37.488, 98.734
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 67.642, 66.248, -49.359
WCAG relative luminance: 0.37486
24-bit decimal: 15561727

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 #ED73FF 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: 8.50:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.47:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

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

#85FF73 sits half a turn (180°) from #ED73FF 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.

#ED73FF #85FF73

Analogous

#A773FF and #FF73CB sit 30° to either side of #ED73FF. 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.

#A773FF #ED73FF #FF73CB

Triadic

#ED73FF, #FFED73 and #73FFED are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ED73FF #FFED73 #73FFED

Split complementary

Start at #ED73FF and look across the wheel. #CBFF73 and #73FFA7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ED73FF #CBFF73 #73FFA7

Square

Starting with #ED73FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFA773, #85FF73, then #73CBFF. Across the square, #ED73FF pairs with #85FF73, and #FFA773 with #73CBFF.

#ED73FF #FFA773 #85FF73 #73CBFF

Tetradic

#ED73FF and #85FF73 are opposites, as are #FF7385 and #73FFED. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ED73FF #FF7385 #85FF73 #73FFED

Tints

Mixing #ED73FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F18FFF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBE3FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#ED73FF #F18FFF #F4ABFF #F8C7FF #FBE3FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ED73FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE5CCC, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F1733, the mixture is 80% black.

#ED73FF #BE5CCC #8E4599 #5F2E66 #2F1733 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ED73FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D776E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #967D99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ED73FF #D776E6 #C178CC #AC7BB3 #967D99 #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

#ED73FF

RGB

rgb(237 115 255)

HSL

hsl(292.286 100.000% 72.549%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ED73FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ED73FF uses 237 red, 115 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.9%

Green 45.1%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ED73FF is 7.1% cyan, 54.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.1%

Magenta 54.9%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE77FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E7F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #ED73FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF66FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EE77FF Nearest web-safe: #FF66FF

Gradient to complement

#ED73FF #DC8AE8 #CAA2D0 #B9B9B9 #A8D0A2 #96E88A #85FF73

Color vision previews

Compare how #ED73FF 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.

#5B9CFF

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.

#84AAFB

Tritanopia

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

#F087AF

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.

#A391FF

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.

#AC9AFD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EA7DE6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A5A5A5

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.

#CD8FD8

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 0.84687 G 0.17144 B 1.00000

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 0.86874 G 0.47757 B 0.97196

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72696 G 0.19386 B 0.93740

CIE xyY

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

x 0.303 y 0.192 Y 37.488

CMY

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

C % 7.059 M % 54.902 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

11101101 01110011 11111111