#E283CC

A light, moderate magenta closely aligning with Plum.

About #E283CC

At its core, #E283CC is a light and moderate hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Plum. In the RGB color space, it consists of 226 red, 131 green, and 204 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 42% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 313.9 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#E283CC
RGB226, 131, 204
HSL313.9°, 62.1%, 70.0%
CMYK0%, 42%, 10%, 11%
HSV313.9°, 42.0%, 88.6%
LAB67.1, 46.5, -22.1
XYZ50.4, 36.8, 61.6
Decimal14844876

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.51:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
8.35:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.40:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.10:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E283CC; }
.text-color { color: #E283CC; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E283CC; }

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