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#EC79F3

#ec79f3 ≈ Violet

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#ec79f3 is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 47.45% green and 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.88% cyan, 50.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 296.56°, with 83.56% saturation and 71.37% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Violet (#ee82ee), ΔE 2.28.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ff66ff
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Relative luminance0.3798

Complementary

  1. #ec79f3
  2. #80f379

Split complementary

  1. #ec79f3
  2. #bdf379
  3. #79f3af

Analogous

  1. #af79f3
  2. #ec79f3
  3. #f379bd

Triadic

  1. #ec79f3
  2. #f3ec79
  3. #79f3ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec79f3
  2. #f37980
  3. #80f379
  4. #79f3ec

Square

  1. #ec79f3
  2. #f3af79
  3. #80f379
  4. #79bdf3

Monochromatic

  1. #b811c2
  2. #e233ed
  3. #ec79f3
  4. #f6bff9
  5. #fcecfd

Shades

#ec79f3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec79f3
  2. #d46ddb
  3. #bd61c2
  4. #a555aa
  5. #8e4992
  6. #763d7a
  7. #5e3061
  8. #472449
  9. #2f1831
  10. #180c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec79f3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec79f3
  2. #ee86f4
  3. #f094f5
  4. #f2a1f7
  5. #f4aff8
  6. #f6bcf9
  7. #f7c9fa
  8. #f9d7fb
  9. #fbe4fd
  10. #fdf2fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec79f3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec79f3
  2. #e17ae8
  3. #d67adc
  4. #cc7bd1
  5. #c17cc5
  6. #b67dba
  7. #ab7dae
  8. #a07ea3
  9. #967f97
  10. #8b7f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c696c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a9df7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8dabef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f188ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae90f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb99f1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ef82cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec79f3 {
  color: #ec79f3;
}
Background
.bg-ec79f3 {
  background-color: #ec79f3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec79f3 {
  border: 2px solid #ec79f3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec79f3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 297 84% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec79f3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec79f3, #f379bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec79f3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 243 / 0.35);
}

#ee82ee Violet ΔE 2.28 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 2.90 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 3.92 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 5.03 #ff66cc Rose Pink ΔE 8.29 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.51 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.25 #13860c Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Violet
#ec79f3  rgb(236, 121, 243)  hsl(297, 84%, 71%)  Violet
#80f379  rgb(128, 243, 121)  hsl(117, 84%, 71%)  Light Green
#f3ec79  rgb(243, 236, 121)  hsl(57, 84%, 71%)  Khaki
#79f3ec  rgb(121, 243, 236)  hsl(177, 84%, 71%)  Electric Blue