HEX Color #E97599 (Palevioletred)

About #E97599

Visually, #E97599 is defined as a vivid magenta. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Palevioletred. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 233, 117, and 153.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 50% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 341.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

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. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E97599

RGB233, 117, 153

HSL341.4°, 72.5%, 68.6%

CMYK0%, 50%, 34%, 9%

HSV341.4°, 49.8%, 91.4%

LAB63.6, 48.5, 1.6

XYZ45.7, 32.3, 34.0

Decimal15299993

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#E97599 #74E9C4

Analogous

#E974D3 #E98A74

Triadic

#99E974 #7499E9

Tetradic

#D3E974 #74E9C4 #8A74E9

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#E97599

#EB84A4

#ED93AF

#F0A3BB

#F2B2C6

#F5C1D1

#F7D1DD

#FAE0E8

#FCEFF3

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#E97599

#CF6888

#B55B77

#9B4E66

#814155

#673444

#4D2733

#331A22

#190D11

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.81:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.47:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.69:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.35:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E97599; }

.text-color { color: #E97599; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #E97599; }

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