#ee227c Color Information

#ee227c Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #ee227c. In RGB, it consists of 93.3% Red, 13.3% Green, and 48.6% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 85.7% Magenta, 47.9% Yellow, and 6.7% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 333.5°, with saturation of 85.7% and lightness of 53.3%. The decimal value for #ee227c is 15606396, and its nearest "web safe" color is #ff3366. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #ee227c is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is magenta. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is red.
  • HexHex code for this color#ee227c Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color238, 34, 124 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color93.3%, 13.3%, 48.6% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.067, 0.867, 0.514 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.857, 0.479, 0.067 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color333.5°, 85.7%, 53.3% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color333.5°, 85.7%, 93.3% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color39.470, 20.776, 20.999 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color238, 34, 124 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code15606396 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color52.704, 76.895, 2.904 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)52.704, 76.949, 2.163 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color52.704, 125.663, -11.509 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color45.581, 74.801, 4.593 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.486, 0.256, 20.776 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4293796476 / 0xffee227c Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#ff3366 Copy
Last Updated: December 11, 2024

Shades of #ee227c

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #ee227c, its pure hue is 333.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 85.7%, and its lightness is 53.3%. 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 #ee227c, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #1e0410 to #d01e6d.

Tints of #ee227c

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #ee227c, its pure hue is 333.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 85.7%, and its lightness is 53.3%. 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 #ee227c, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #f03e8c to #fde3ef.

Tones of #ee227c

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #ee227c, its pure hue is 333.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 85.7%, 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 #ee227c, which range from #888888 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #ff117a (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #ee227c

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #ee227c! For #ee227c, 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, #ee227c. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #ee227c

This color, #ee227c, consists of 93.3% Red, 13.3% Green, and 48.6% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 238, Green = 34, Blue = 124. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #ee227c is 0% Cyan, 85.7% Magenta, 47.9% Yellow, and 6.7% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R93.3%
C0.0%
G13.3%
M85.7%
B48.6%
Y47.9%
K6.7%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 238 34 124
Octal 356 42 174
Hexa #ee #22 #7c
Binary 11101110 00100010 01111100
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 85 47 6
Octal 0 125 57 6
Hexa #00 #55 #2f #06
Binary 00000000 01010101 00101111 00000110

Analogous Colors of #ee227c

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #ee227c — which has hue 333.5° — its analogous colors are located at 3.5° and 333.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ee227c.

Triadic Colors of #ee227c

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 #ee227c — which has hue 333.5° — its triadic colors are located at 93.5° and 333.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ee227c.

Complementary Color of #ee227c

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #ee227c — which has hue 333.5° — its complementary color is located at 153.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ee227c.

Split Complementary Colors of #ee227c

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 #ee227c — which has hue 333.5° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 123.5° and 333.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ee227c.

Tetradic Colors of #ee227c

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 #ee227c — which has hue 333.5° — its tetradic colors are located at 243.5°, 333.5°, 63.5°, and 153.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ee227c.

Monochromatic Colors of #ee227c

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #ee227c, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #891045 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #fb8cbd (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #ee227c

We want to make getting started with #ee227c on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #ee227c into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #ee227c 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 #ee227c with other HTML elements.

#ee227c Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #ee227c.
<span style="color: #ee227c;">The color of this text is #ee227c.</span>

#ee227c Background Color

The background color for this text is #ee227c.
<div style="background-color: #ee227c; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #ee227c.</div>

#ee227c Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #ee227c.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #ee227c;">This color for the shadow of this text is #ee227c.</span>

#ee227c Border Color

This is a div with border color #ee227c.
<div style="border: #ee227c 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #ee227c.</div>

#ee227c Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #ee227c on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #ee227c; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #ee227c on a white background.</div></div>

#ee227c Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #ee227c on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #ee227c; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #ee227c on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #ee227c to White

This is a gradient from #ee227c to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#ee227c,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#ee227c,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#ee227c,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#ee227c,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #ee227c to white.</div>

Gradient from #ee227c to Black

This is a gradient from #ee227c to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#ee227c,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#ee227c,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#ee227c,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#ee227c,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #ee227c to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #ee227c

In addition to using #ee227c 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 #ee227c in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #ee227c, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 238, Green = 34, Blue = 124). If you need details about the color coordinates of #ee227c in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #ee227c
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(238, 34, 124)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #ee227c; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #ee227c; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #ee227c; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(238, 34, 124);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#ee227c")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:238, green:34, blue:124, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:238 green:34 blue:124 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(238f, 34f, 124f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(238, 34, 124);
 

#ee227c Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #ee227c the same way. For those with color blindness, #ee227c might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #ee227c looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #ee227c 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 #ee227c 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 #ee227c 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

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #ee227c 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 4.1:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #ee227c would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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