#E193BC colour

#E193BC is a light muted magenta close to CSS plum. RGB 225, 147, 188, HSL 328, 57%, 73%. Black text passes AAA (9.10:1), white fails (2.31:1).

#E193BC

Nearest CSS name: plum #dda0dd (not an exact match)
Described as: a light muted magenta
Red, green, blue: 225, 147, 188
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.4051 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#e193bc`
RGB	`rgb(225, 147, 188)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(88.2% 57.6% 73.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(328.5, 56.5%, 72.9%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(328.5, 34.7%, 88.2%)`
HWB	`hwb(328.5 57.6% 11.8%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 35%, 16%, 12%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(69.98% 34.46 -8.6)`
OKLCH	`oklch(75.37% 0.1068 347.17)`
Decimal	`14783420`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 2.31:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 9.10:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	2.31:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	9.10:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #E193BC (9.10:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#e49dc2 18%#e6a7c8 27%#e9b0ce 36%#ecbad4 45%#efc4da 55%#f1cee1 64%#f4d8e7 73%#f7e2ed 82%#faebf3 91%#fcf5f9

9%#cd86ab 18%#b8789a 27%#a46b89 36%#8f5e78 45%#7b5067 55%#664355 64%#523544 73%#3d2833 82%#291b22 91%#140d11

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#e193bc #93e1b8

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#df93e1 #e193bc #e19395

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#e193bc #bce193 #93bce1

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#e193bc #95e193 #93e1df

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#e193bc #e1df93 #93e1b8 #9395e1

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#e193bc Protanopia#99a3be Deuteranopia#acafba Tritanopia#eb92a1 Achromatopsia#ababab

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #e193bc;`
Background	`background-color: #e193bc;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #e193bc;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(225 147 188 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #e193bc;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e193bc, #875871);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #edbed7, #e193bc);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #e193bc; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #E193BC to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.