Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #e462fd, its pure hue is 290.3° on the color wheel and its saturation is 97.5%, and its lightness is 68.8%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #e462fd, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #1d0c20 to #c856dd.
The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #e462fd. In RGB, it consists of 89.4% Red, 38.4% Green, and 99.2% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 9.9% Cyan, 61.3% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 290.3°, with saturation of 97.5% and lightness of 68.8%. The decimal value for #e462fd is 14967549, and its nearest "web safe" color is #cc66ff. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #e462fd is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is magenta. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
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Tints of #e462fd
Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #e462fd, its pure hue is 290.3° on the color wheel and its saturation is 97.5%, and its lightness is 68.8%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #e462fd, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #e776fd to #fcebff.
Tones of #e462fd
Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #e462fd, its pure hue is 290.3° on the color wheel and its saturation is 97.5%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #e462fd, which range from #b0b0b0 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #e560ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).
Variations of #e462fd
There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #e462fd! For #e462fd, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #e462fd. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!
Color Coordinates of #e462fd
This color, #e462fd, consists of 89.4% Red, 38.4% Green, and 99.2% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 228, Green = 98, Blue = 253. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #e462fd is 9.9% Cyan, 61.3% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.
Color Base | R (Red) | G (Green) | B (Blue) |
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Decimal | 228 | 98 | 253 |
Octal | 344 | 142 | 375 |
Hexa | #e4 | #62 | #fd |
Binary | 11100100 | 01100010 | 11111101 |
Color Base | C (Cyan) | M (Magenta) | Y (Yellow) | Y (Black) |
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Decimal | 9 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
Octal | 11 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
Hexa | #09 | #3d | #00 | #00 |
Binary | 00001001 | 00111101 | 00000000 | 00000000 |
Analogous Colors of #e462fd
Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #e462fd — which has hue 290.3° — its analogous colors are located at 260.3° and 320.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e462fd.
Triadic Colors of #e462fd
Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #e462fd — which has hue 290.3° — its triadic colors are located at 50.3° and 290.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e462fd.
Complementary Color of #e462fd
A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #e462fd — which has hue 290.3° — its complementary color is located at 110.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e462fd.
Split Complementary Colors of #e462fd
Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #e462fd — which has hue 290.3° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 80.3° and 290.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e462fd.
Tetradic Colors of #e462fd
Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #e462fd — which has hue 290.3° — its tetradic colors are located at 200.3°, 290.3°, 20.3°, and 110.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e462fd.
Monochromatic Colors of #e462fd
Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #e462fd, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #d515fb — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #f2b0ff (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).
HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #e462fd
We want to make getting started with #e462fd on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #e462fd into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #e462fd can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span>
and <div>
tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #e462fd with other HTML elements.
#e462fd Foreground / Text Color
<span style="color: #e462fd;">The color of this text is #e462fd.</span>
#e462fd Background Color
<div style="background-color: #e462fd; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #e462fd.</div>
#e462fd Text Shadow Color
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #e462fd;">This color for the shadow of this text is #e462fd.</span>
#e462fd Border Color
<div style="border: #e462fd 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #e462fd.</div>
#e462fd Color Rectangle on a White Background
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #e462fd; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #e462fd on a white background.</div></div>
#e462fd Color Rectangle on a Black Background
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #e462fd; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #e462fd on a black background.</div></div>
Gradient from #e462fd to White
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#e462fd,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#e462fd,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#e462fd,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#e462fd,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #e462fd to white.</div>
Gradient from #e462fd to Black
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#e462fd,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#e462fd,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#e462fd,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#e462fd,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #e462fd to black.</div>
Coding & Programming with #e462fd
In addition to using #e462fd on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #e462fd in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #e462fd, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 228, Green = 98, Blue = 253). If you need details about the color coordinates of #e462fd in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.
Language | Environment | Code Snippet |
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HTML + CSS (Hex Code) | Web | #e462fd |
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) | Web | rgb(228, 98, 253) |
CSS Background Color | Web | .myclass { background-color: #e462fd; } |
CSS Foreground + Text Color | Web | .myclass { color: #e462fd; } |
CSS Border Color | Web | .myclass { border: 2px solid #e462fd; } |
Java | (Multi-platform) | new Color(228, 98, 253); |
Python | (Multi-platform) | Color("#e462fd") |
Swift | iOS | UIColor(red:228, green:98, blue:253, alpha:1.0000) |
Objective-C (iOS) | iOS | [UIColor colorWithRed:228 green:98 blue:253 alpha:1.0000]; |
OpenGL | (Graphics) | glColor3f(228f, 98f, 253f); |
C# / .NET | Windows | Color.FromArgb(228, 98, 253); |
#e462fd Color Blindness
Not everyone can see #e462fd the same way. For those with color blindness, #e462fd might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #e462fd looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #e462fd is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #e462fd looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #e462fd will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!
Trichromacy
Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women
Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women
Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000
Dichromacy
Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men
Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men
Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000
Not Accessibility Recommended
We analyzed whether #e462fd is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.8:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.