#EE78FF

sRGB: 238 / 120 / 255

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Hidden pathways echo between distant mountains
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#EE78FF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 120 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 292.4° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 73.5% 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 (8.77:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 120, 255
HSL: 292.44°, 100.00%, 73.53%
HSV / HSB: 292.44°, 52.94%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 6.67%, 52.94%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.023, 38.832, 98.945
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 68.629, 64.194, -47.794
WCAG relative luminance: 0.38830
24-bit decimal: 15628543

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 #EE78FF 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: 8.77:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.40:1

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

#89FF78 sits half a turn (180°) from #EE78FF 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.

#EE78FF #89FF78

Analogous

#AB78FF and #FF78CC sit 30° to either side of #EE78FF. 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.

#AB78FF #EE78FF #FF78CC

Triadic

#EE78FF, #FFEE78 and #78FFEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EE78FF #FFEE78 #78FFEE

Split complementary

Start at #EE78FF and look across the wheel. #CCFF78 and #78FFAB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EE78FF #CCFF78 #78FFAB

Square

Starting with #EE78FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFAB78, #89FF78, then #78CCFF. Across the square, #EE78FF pairs with #89FF78, and #FFAB78 with #78CCFF.

#EE78FF #FFAB78 #89FF78 #78CCFF

Tetradic

#EE78FF and #89FF78 are opposites, as are #FF7889 and #78FFEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EE78FF #FF7889 #89FF78 #78FFEE

Tints

Mixing #EE78FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F193FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCE4FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#EE78FF #F193FF #F5AEFF #F8C9FF #FCE4FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EE78FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE60CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #301833, the mixture is 80% black.

#EE78FF #BE60CC #8F4899 #5F3066 #301833 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EE78FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D87AE6, keeps 80% of the original. By #967E99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EE78FF #D87AE6 #C27BCC #AC7DB3 #967E99 #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

#EE78FF

RGB

rgb(238 120 255)

HSL

hsl(292.444 100.000% 73.529%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EE78FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EE78FF uses 238 red, 120 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 47.1%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EE78FF is 6.7% cyan, 52.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 6.7%

Magenta 52.9%

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 #EE78FF 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

#EE78FF #DD8FE9 #CCA5D2 #BCBCBC #ABD2A5 #9AE98F #89FF78

Color vision previews

Compare how #EE78FF 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.

#629FFF

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.

#88ACFB

Tritanopia

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

#F18AB1

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.

#A695FF

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.

#AF9DFD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EB82E7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A7A7A7

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.

#CF92D9

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 0.85499 G 0.18782 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 0.87379 G 0.49557 B 0.97257

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.73654 G 0.20997 B 0.93872

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 0.196 Y 38.832

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 52.941 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

11101110 01111000 11111111