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#E49ECC

#e49ecc ≈ Plum

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#e49ecc is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 61.96% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.7% magenta, 10.53% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 320.57°, with 56.45% saturation and 75.69% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with romance, playfulness and affection. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Plum (#dda0dd), ΔE 4.88.

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Web safe#cc99cc
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Relative luminance0.4531

Complementary

  1. #e49ecc
  2. #9ee4b6

Split complementary

  1. #e49ecc
  2. #a9e49e
  3. #9ee4d9

Analogous

  1. #d99ee4
  2. #e49ecc
  3. #e49ea9

Triadic

  1. #e49ecc
  2. #cce49e
  3. #9ecce4

Tetradic

  1. #e49ecc
  2. #e4b69e
  3. #9ee4b6
  4. #9ecce4

Square

  1. #e49ecc
  2. #e4d99e
  3. #9ee4b6
  4. #9ea9e4

Monochromatic

  1. #b63389
  2. #d362ad
  3. #e49ecc
  4. #f5daeb
  5. #fbeff7

Shades

#e49ecc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e49ecc
  2. #cd8eb8
  3. #b67ea3
  4. #a06f8f
  5. #895f7a
  6. #724f66
  7. #5b3f52
  8. #442f3d
  9. #2e2029
  10. #171014
  11. #000000

Tints

#e49ecc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e49ecc
  2. #e7a8d1
  3. #e9b1d6
  4. #ecbbdb
  5. #efc5e0
  6. #f2cfe6
  7. #f4d8eb
  8. #f7e2f0
  9. #faecf5
  10. #fcf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e49ecc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e49ecc
  2. #da9bc4
  3. #d098bd
  4. #c695b5
  5. #bc92ae
  6. #b28fa6
  7. #a88c9e
  8. #9e8997
  9. #94868f
  10. #8a8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9abbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1adce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1b7ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ec9fae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa7cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8aecb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e99fbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e49ecc {
  color: #e49ecc;
}
Background
.bg-e49ecc {
  background-color: #e49ecc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e49ecc {
  border: 2px solid #e49ecc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e49ecc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 158 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 321 56% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e49ecc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e49ecc, #e49ea9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e49ecc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 158 204 / 0.35);
}

#dda0dd Plum ΔE 4.88 #ffa6c9 Carnation Pink ΔE 6.40 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.41 #f6adc6 Nadeshiko Pink ΔE 7.25 #f77fbe Persian Pink ΔE 7.97 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.36 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 9.96 #1b6133 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Plum
#e49ecc  rgb(228, 158, 204)  hsl(321, 56%, 76%)  Plum
#9ee4b6  rgb(158, 228, 182)  hsl(141, 56%, 76%)  Seafoam Green
#cce49e  rgb(204, 228, 158)  hsl(81, 56%, 76%)  Tea Green
#9ecce4  rgb(158, 204, 228)  hsl(201, 56%, 76%)  Baby Blue