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#E596CA

#e596ca ≈ Plum

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#e596ca is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 58.82% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 34.5% magenta, 11.79% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 320.51°, with 60.31% saturation and 74.31% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with romance, playfulness and affection. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Plum (#dda0dd), ΔE 5.16.

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Web safe#cc99cc
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Relative luminance0.4273

Complementary

  1. #e596ca
  2. #96e5b1

Split complementary

  1. #e596ca
  2. #a2e596
  3. #96e5d9

Analogous

  1. #d996e5
  2. #e596ca
  3. #e596a2

Triadic

  1. #e596ca
  2. #cae596
  3. #96cae5

Tetradic

  1. #e596ca
  2. #e5b196
  3. #96e5b1
  4. #96cae5

Square

  1. #e596ca
  2. #e5d996
  3. #96e5b1
  4. #96a2e5

Monochromatic

  1. #b52d87
  2. #d659ab
  3. #e596ca
  4. #f4d3e9
  5. #fbeff7

Shades

#e596ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e596ca
  2. #ce87b6
  3. #b778a2
  4. #a0698d
  5. #895a79
  6. #734b65
  7. #5c3c51
  8. #452d3d
  9. #2e1e28
  10. #170f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#e596ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e596ca
  2. #e8a1cf
  3. #eaabd5
  4. #edb6da
  5. #efc0df
  6. #f2cbe5
  7. #f5d5ea
  8. #f7e0ef
  9. #faeaf4
  10. #fcf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e596ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e596ca
  2. #db94c3
  3. #d192bb
  4. #c78fb4
  5. #bd8dac
  6. #b38ba5
  7. #a8899e
  8. #9e8796
  9. #94848f
  10. #8a8287
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7a5ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99a7cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adb3c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ee97a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bca1cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6a8c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ea97b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e596ca {
  color: #e596ca;
}
Background
.bg-e596ca {
  background-color: #e596ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e596ca {
  border: 2px solid #e596ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e596ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 150 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 321 60% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e596ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e596ca, #e596a2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e596ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 150 202 / 0.35);
}

#dda0dd Plum ΔE 5.16 #f77fbe Persian Pink ΔE 6.19 #ffa6c9 Carnation Pink ΔE 7.22 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.63 #f6adc6 Nadeshiko Pink ΔE 8.65 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.79 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 9.63 #1a6935 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Plum
#e596ca  rgb(229, 150, 202)  hsl(321, 60%, 74%)  Plum
#96e5b1  rgb(150, 229, 177)  hsl(141, 60%, 74%)  Celadon
#cae596  rgb(202, 229, 150)  hsl(81, 60%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple
#96cae5  rgb(150, 202, 229)  hsl(201, 60%, 74%)  Baby Blue