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#EC99FA

#ec99fa ≈ Violet

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#ec99fa is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 60% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.6% cyan, 38.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 291.34°, with 90.65% saturation and 79.02% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Violet (#ee82ee), ΔE 4.92.

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Web safe#ff99ff
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Relative luminance0.4752

Complementary

  1. #ec99fa
  2. #a7fa99

Split complementary

  1. #ec99fa
  2. #d8fa99
  3. #99fabc

Analogous

  1. #bc99fa
  2. #ec99fa
  3. #fa99d8

Triadic

  1. #ec99fa
  2. #faec99
  3. #99faec

Tetradic

  1. #ec99fa
  2. #fa99a7
  3. #a7fa99
  4. #99faec

Square

  1. #ec99fa
  2. #fabc99
  3. #a7fa99
  4. #99d8fa

Monochromatic

  1. #ce0cee
  2. #de50f6
  3. #ec99fa
  4. #fae2fe
  5. #fbecfe

Shades

#ec99fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec99fa
  2. #d48ae1
  3. #bd7ac8
  4. #a56baf
  5. #8e5c96
  6. #764d7d
  7. #5e3d64
  8. #472e4b
  9. #2f1f32
  10. #180f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec99fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec99fa
  2. #eea3fb
  3. #f0adfb
  4. #f2b8fc
  5. #f4c2fc
  6. #f6ccfd
  7. #f7d6fd
  8. #f9e0fe
  9. #fbebfe
  10. #fdf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec99fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec99fa
  2. #e197ee
  3. #d694e2
  4. #cc92d5
  5. #c18fc9
  6. #b68dbd
  7. #ab8ab1
  8. #a088a5
  9. #968598
  10. #8b838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfacd5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8db1fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3bbf7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eea4be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bba8fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4aef8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eda0d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec99fa {
  color: #ec99fa;
}
Background
.bg-ec99fa {
  background-color: #ec99fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec99fa {
  border: 2px solid #ec99fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec99fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 153 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 291 91% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec99fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec99fa, #fa99d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec99fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 153 250 / 0.35);
}

#ee82ee Violet ΔE 4.92 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.34 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.37 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 6.87 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.06 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.78 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.85 #136605 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Violet
#ec99fa  rgb(236, 153, 250)  hsl(291, 91%, 79%)  Violet
#a7fa99  rgb(167, 250, 153)  hsl(111, 91%, 79%)  Pale Green
#faec99  rgb(250, 236, 153)  hsl(51, 91%, 79%)  Khaki
#99faec  rgb(153, 250, 236)  hsl(171, 91%, 79%)  Celeste