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#E696F4

#e696f4 ≈ Violet

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#e696f4 is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 58.82% green and 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.74% cyan, 38.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 291.06°, with 81.03% saturation and 77.25% 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 10.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Violet (#ee82ee), ΔE 4.44.

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Web safe#ff99ff
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Relative luminance0.4517

Complementary

  1. #e696f4
  2. #a4f496

Split complementary

  1. #e696f4
  2. #d3f496
  3. #96f4b7

Analogous

  1. #b796f4
  2. #e696f4
  3. #f496d3

Triadic

  1. #e696f4
  2. #f4e696
  3. #96f4e6

Tetradic

  1. #e696f4
  2. #f496a4
  3. #a4f496
  4. #96f4e6

Square

  1. #e696f4
  2. #f4b796
  3. #a4f496
  4. #96d3f4

Monochromatic

  1. #bd17da
  2. #d551ed
  3. #e696f4
  4. #f6dbfb
  5. #fbedfd

Shades

#e696f4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e696f4
  2. #cf87dc
  3. #b878c3
  4. #a169ab
  5. #8a5a92
  6. #734b7a
  7. #5c3c62
  8. #452d49
  9. #2e1e31
  10. #170f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#e696f4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e696f4
  2. #e9a1f5
  3. #ebabf6
  4. #eeb6f7
  5. #f0c0f8
  6. #f3cbfa
  7. #f5d5fb
  8. #f8e0fc
  9. #faeafd
  10. #fdf5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e696f4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e696f4
  2. #dc94e8
  3. #d292dd
  4. #c78fd1
  5. #bd8dc6
  6. #b38bba
  7. #a989ae
  8. #9f87a3
  9. #948497
  10. #8a828c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #caa8d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8badf7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fb6f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e8a1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6a5f6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0aaf2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e79dd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e696f4 {
  color: #e696f4;
}
Background
.bg-e696f4 {
  background-color: #e696f4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e696f4 {
  border: 2px solid #e696f4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e696f4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 150 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 291 81% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e696f4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e696f4, #f496d3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e696f4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 150 244 / 0.35);
}

#ee82ee Violet ΔE 4.44 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 5.92 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.63 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 6.88 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.38 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.25 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.93 #19690b Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Violet
#e696f4  rgb(230, 150, 244)  hsl(291, 81%, 77%)  Violet
#a4f496  rgb(164, 244, 150)  hsl(111, 81%, 77%)  Pale Green
#f4e696  rgb(244, 230, 150)  hsl(51, 81%, 77%)  Khaki
#96f4e6  rgb(150, 244, 230)  hsl(171, 81%, 77%)  Celeste