#EFA8F9

A very light, vivid magenta closely aligning with Plum.

About #EFA8F9

When working with digital screens, the color #EFA8F9 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Plum. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 239, 168, and 249.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 4% cyan and 33% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 292.6° hue, 87.1% saturation, and 81.8% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#EFA8F9
RGB239, 168, 249
HSL292.6°, 87.1%, 81.8%
CMYK4%, 33%, 0%, 2%
HSV292.6°, 32.5%, 97.6%
LAB78.0, 39.2, -30.0
XYZ66.7, 53.2, 96.4
Decimal15706361

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.80:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
11.64:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.72:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
9.89:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #EFA8F9; }
.text-color { color: #EFA8F9; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #EFA8F9; }

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