Hex Values #EF77FF

#EF77FF

sRGB: 239 / 119 / 255

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Hidden pathways unfold through ancient forests
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#EF77FF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 119 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 292.9° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 73.3% 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 (8.75:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit)
239, 119, 255
HSL
292.94°, 100.00%, 73.33%
HSV / HSB
292.94°, 53.33%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.)
6.27%, 53.33%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white)
60.240, 38.766, 98.921
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer)
68.582, 64.916, -47.860
WCAG relative luminance
0.38764
24-bit decimal
15693823

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 #EF77FF 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: 8.75:1

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

#87FF77 sits half a turn (180°) from #EF77FF 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.

Analogous

#AB77FF and #FF77CB sit 30° to either side of #EF77FF. 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.

Triadic

#EF77FF, #FFEF77 and #77FFEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

Split complementary

Start at #EF77FF and look across the wheel. #CBFF77 and #77FFAB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

Square

Starting with #EF77FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFAB77, #87FF77, then #77CBFF. Across the square, #EF77FF pairs with #87FF77, and #FFAB77 with #77CBFF.

Tetradic

#EF77FF and #87FF77 are opposites, as are #FF7787 and #77FFEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

Tints

Mixing #EF77FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F292FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCE4FF, the mixture is 80% white.

Shades

Mixing #EF77FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BF5FCC, keeps 80% of the original. By #301833, the mixture is 80% black.

Tones

Mixing #EF77FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D979E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #967E99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

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

#EF77FF

RGB

rgb(239 119 255)

HSL

hsl(292.941 100.000% 73.333%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EF77FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EF77FF uses 239 red, 119 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%
Green 46.7%
Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EF77FF is 6.3% cyan, 53.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 6.3%
Magenta 53.3%
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 #EF77FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF66FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Gradient to complement

Color vision previews

Compare how #EF77FF 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.

#619EFF

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.

#F289B0

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.

#A694FF

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.

#EC81E7

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 0.86316 G 0.18447 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 0.87700 G 0.49232 B 0.97252

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.74267 G 0.20700 B 0.93862

CIE xyY

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

x 0.304 y 0.196 Y 38.766

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 53.333 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

11101111 01110111 11111111

Android ARGB

Android packs alpha, red, green and blue into a signed integer. FF means fully opaque.

0xFFEF77FF -1083393

CAM16 JCh

J rates lightness relative to white. Q estimates brightness. C describes chroma, M the strength of the color sensation, and s its strength relative to brightness.

Lightness J 62.584 Chroma C 74.300 Hue h° 327.758

CAM16 JMh

J rates lightness relative to white. Q estimates brightness. C describes chroma, M the strength of the color sensation, and s its strength relative to brightness.

Lightness J 62.584 Colorfulness M 53.713 Hue h° 327.758

CAM16 Jsh

J rates lightness relative to white. Q estimates brightness. C describes chroma, M the strength of the color sensation, and s its strength relative to brightness.

Lightness J 62.584 Saturation s 74.084 Hue h° 327.758

CAM16 QCh

J rates lightness relative to white. Q estimates brightness. C describes chroma, M the strength of the color sensation, and s its strength relative to brightness.

Brightness Q 97.865 Chroma C 74.300 Hue h° 327.758

CAM16 QMh

J rates lightness relative to white. Q estimates brightness. C describes chroma, M the strength of the color sensation, and s its strength relative to brightness.

Brightness Q 97.865 Colorfulness M 53.713 Hue h° 327.758

CAM16 Qsh

J rates lightness relative to white. Q estimates brightness. C describes chroma, M the strength of the color sensation, and s its strength relative to brightness.

Brightness Q 97.865 Saturation s 74.084 Hue h° 327.758

CAM16 UCS JMh

Uniform-space coordinates make distances between nearby colors easier to compare.

J′ 73.982 M′ 35.070 Hue h° 327.758

CAM16 UCS Jab

Uniform-space coordinates make distances between nearby colors easier to compare.

J′ 73.982 a′ 29.663 b′ -18.710

CIECAM02

An earlier appearance model used in color management. Compare its predictions under the same viewing conditions as CAM16.

J 61.855 C 69.237 h° 321.734 Q 97.285 M 50.053 s 71.729

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