#E26DC5

A light, moderate magenta closely aligning with Orchid.

About #E26DC5

When working with digital screens, the color #E26DC5 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Orchid. Its digital footprint relies on 226 parts red, 109 parts green, and 197 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 52% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 314.9 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E26DC5
RGB226, 109, 197
HSL314.9°, 66.9%, 65.7%
CMYK0%, 52%, 13%, 11%
HSV314.9°, 51.8%, 88.6%
LAB62.6, 56.2, -25.0
XYZ46.9, 31.1, 56.4
Decimal14839237

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.91:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.23:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.78:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.14:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E26DC5; }
.text-color { color: #E26DC5; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E26DC5; }

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