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#EC79F4

#ec79f4 ≈ Violet

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#ec79f4 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 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.28% cyan, 50.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 296.1°, with 84.83% saturation and 71.57% 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 8.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Violet (#ee82ee), ΔE 2.38.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ff66ff
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Relative luminance0.3804

Complementary

  1. #ec79f4
  2. #81f479

Split complementary

  1. #ec79f4
  2. #bef479
  3. #79f4af

Analogous

  1. #af79f4
  2. #ec79f4
  3. #f479be

Triadic

  1. #ec79f4
  2. #f4ec79
  3. #79f4ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec79f4
  2. #f47981
  3. #81f479
  4. #79f4ec

Square

  1. #ec79f4
  2. #f4af79
  3. #81f479
  4. #79bef4

Monochromatic

  1. #b810c4
  2. #e232ee
  3. #ec79f4
  4. #f6c0fa
  5. #fcecfd

Shades

#ec79f4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec79f4
  2. #d46ddc
  3. #bd61c3
  4. #a555ab
  5. #8e4992
  6. #763d7a
  7. #5e3062
  8. #472449
  9. #2f1831
  10. #180c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec79f4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec79f4
  2. #ee86f5
  3. #f094f6
  4. #f2a1f7
  5. #f4aff8
  6. #f6bcfa
  7. #f7c9fb
  8. #f9d7fc
  9. #fbe4fd
  10. #fdf2fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec79f4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec79f4
  2. #e17ae8
  3. #d67add
  4. #cc7bd1
  5. #c17cc6
  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 8.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c696ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a9df8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8dabf0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f188ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae90f6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb99f2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ef82cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec79f4 {
  color: #ec79f4;
}
Background
.bg-ec79f4 {
  background-color: #ec79f4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec79f4 {
  border: 2px solid #ec79f4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec79f4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 296 85% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec79f4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec79f4, #f479be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec79f4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 244 / 0.35);
}

#ee82ee Violet ΔE 2.38 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 2.87 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 3.79 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 5.14 #ff66cc Rose Pink ΔE 8.43 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.50 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.22 #13860b Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Violet
#ec79f4  rgb(236, 121, 244)  hsl(296, 85%, 72%)  Violet
#81f479  rgb(129, 244, 121)  hsl(116, 85%, 72%)  Pale Green
#f4ec79  rgb(244, 236, 121)  hsl(56, 85%, 72%)  Khaki
#79f4ec  rgb(121, 244, 236)  hsl(176, 85%, 72%)  Electric Blue