#E74EE6 colour

#E74EE6 is a magenta close to CSS orchid. RGB 231, 78, 230, HSL 300, 76%, 61%. Black text passes AA (6.63:1), white passes AA for large text (3.17:1).

#E74EE6

Nearest CSS name: orchid #da70d6 (not an exact match)
Described as: a magenta
Red, green, blue: 231, 78, 230
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.2815 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#e74ee6`
RGB	`rgb(231, 78, 230)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(90.6% 30.6% 90.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(300.4, 76.1%, 60.6%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(300.4, 66.2%, 90.6%)`
HWB	`hwb(300.4 30.6% 9.4%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 66%, 0%, 9%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(59.92% 72.02 -47.29)`
OKLCH	`oklch(68.79% 0.2494 328.14)`
Decimal	`15159014`

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, 3.17:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 6.63:1The 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	3.17:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail
Black	6.63:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #E74EE6 (6.63:1). 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%#e95ee8 18%#eb6eeb 27%#ee7eed 36%#f08eef 45%#f29ef1 55%#f4aff4 64%#f6bff6 73%#f8cff8 82%#fbdffa 91%#fdeffd

9%#d247d1 18%#bd40bc 27%#a839a7 36%#933292 45%#7e2b7d 55%#692369 64%#541c54 73%#3f153f 82%#2a0e2a 91%#150715

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary

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

#e74ee6 #4ee74f

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#9c4ee7 #e74ee6 #e74e9a

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#e74ee6 #e6e74e #4ee6e7

Split complementary

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

#e74ee6 #9ae74e #4ee79c

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#e74ee6 #e79c4e #4ee74f #4e9ae7

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#e74ee6 Protanopia#3884ea Deuteranopia#7598e2 Tritanopia#ee6394 Achromatopsia#919191

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: #e74ee6;`
Background	`background-color: #e74ee6;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #e74ee6;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(231 78 230 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #e74ee6;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e74ee6, #8b2f8a);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f195f0, #e74ee6);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #e74ee6; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

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

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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.