#EE91FF

sRGB: 238 / 145 / 255

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Shimmering rivers disappear beneath stillness
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#EE91FF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 145 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 290.7° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 78.4% 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 (10.13:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 145, 255
HSL: 290.73°, 100.00%, 78.43%
HSV / HSB: 290.73°, 43.14%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 6.67%, 43.14%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 63.432, 45.650, 100.081
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 73.318, 51.958, -40.449
WCAG relative luminance: 0.45648
24-bit decimal: 15634943

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 #EE91FF 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: 10.13:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.07:1

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

#A2FF91 sits half a turn (180°) from #EE91FF 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.

#EE91FF #A2FF91

Analogous

#B791FF and #FF91D9 sit 30° to either side of #EE91FF. 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.

#B791FF #EE91FF #FF91D9

Triadic

#EE91FF, #FFEE91 and #91FFEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EE91FF #FFEE91 #91FFEE

Split complementary

Start at #EE91FF and look across the wheel. #D9FF91 and #91FFB7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EE91FF #D9FF91 #91FFB7

Square

Starting with #EE91FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFB791, #A2FF91, then #91D9FF. Across the square, #EE91FF pairs with #A2FF91, and #FFB791 with #91D9FF.

#EE91FF #FFB791 #A2FF91 #91D9FF

Tetradic

#EE91FF and #A2FF91 are opposites, as are #FF91A2 and #91FFEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EE91FF #FF91A2 #A2FF91 #91FFEE

Tints

Mixing #EE91FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1A7FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCE9FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#EE91FF #F1A7FF #F5BDFF #F8D3FF #FCE9FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EE91FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE74CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #301D33, the mixture is 80% black.

#EE91FF #BE74CC #8F5799 #5F3A66 #301D33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EE91FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D88EE6, keeps 80% of the original. By #968399, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EE91FF #D88EE6 #C28ACC #AC87B3 #968399 #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

#EE91FF

RGB

rgb(238 145 255)

HSL

hsl(290.727 100.000% 78.431%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EE91FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EE91FF uses 238 red, 145 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 56.9%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EE91FF is 6.7% cyan, 43.1% 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 43.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE99FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E9F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EE91FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF99FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EE99FF Nearest web-safe: #FF99FF

Gradient to complement

#EE91FF #E1A3ED #D5B6DA #C8C8C8 #BBDAB6 #AFEDA3 #A2FF91

Color vision previews

Compare how #EE91FF 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.

#82ADFF

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.

#9BB8FC

Tritanopia

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

#F09EBC

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.

#B2A6FF

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.

#B9ACFD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EB98EA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B4B4B4

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.

#D4A4DE

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 0.28315 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 0.88263 G 0.58572 B 0.97571

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.75347 G 0.30213 B 0.94562

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 0.218 Y 45.650

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 43.137 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

11101110 10010001 11111111