HEX Color #F049E9 (Mediumorchid)

About #F049E9

When working with digital screens, the color #F049E9 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Mediumorchid. Its digital footprint relies on 240 parts red, 73 parts green, and 233 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 70% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 302.5° hue, 84.8% saturation, and 61.4% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#F049E9

RGB240, 73, 233

HSL302.5°, 84.8%, 61.4%

CMYK0%, 70%, 3%, 6%

HSV302.5°, 69.6%, 94.1%

LAB60.9, 80.0, -47.8

XYZ53.0, 29.2, 79.9

Decimal15747561

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#F049E9 #48F04F

Analogous

#A348F0 #F04895

Triadic

#E9F048 #48E9F0

Tetradic

#F0A348 #48F04F #4895F0

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#F049E9

#F15DEB

#F371ED

#F585F0

#F699F2

#F8AEF5

#FAC2F7

#FBD6FA

#FDEAFC

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#F049E9

#D540CF

#BA38B5

#A0309B

#852881

#6A2067

#50184D

#351033

#1A0819

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.07:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

6.83:1

Text on #000000

AA

2.94:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

5.81:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F049E9; }

.text-color { color: #F049E9; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #F049E9; }

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Mediumorchid

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