HEX Color #E966DB (Orchid)

About #E966DB

The precise color #E966DB is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Its closest recognized web color is Orchid. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 233, 102, and 219.

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 56% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E966DB

RGB233, 102, 219

HSL306.4°, 74.9%, 65.7%

CMYK0%, 56%, 6%, 9%

HSV306.4°, 56.2%, 91.4%

LAB63.3, 64.9, -36.3

XYZ51.1, 31.9, 70.5

Decimal15296219

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#E966DB #66E874

Analogous

#B566E8 #E86699

Triadic

#DAE866 #66DAE8

Tetradic

#E8B566 #66E874 #6699E8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#E966DB

#EB77DF

#ED88E3

#F099E7

#F2AAEB

#F5BBEF

#F7CCF3

#FADDF7

#FCEEFB

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#E966DB

#CF5AC2

#B54FAA

#9B4492

#813879

#672D61

#4D2249

#331630

#190B18

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.84:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.39:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.72:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.28:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E966DB; }

.text-color { color: #E966DB; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #E966DB; }

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