What is hex #E50197 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a highly vibrant and energetic tone. It is perfect for drawing attention to critical elements like call-to-action buttons, highlights, or modern branding.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 90% red, 0% green and 59% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (229,1,151).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 100%, 34%, 10%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #E50197 features a hue of 321°, 100% saturation, and a brightness value of 90%.

Hex #E50197 Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #E50197
RGB Values (229,1,151)
CMYK Values (0%, 100%, 34%, 10%)
HSV/HSB Values (321°, 100%, 90%)
Closest Web Safe
#CC0099
Inverse Color
#1AFE68
Closest Pantone®
Rhodamine Red C
Closest RAL
RAL 4010 [Telemagenta]
Complementary Color
#01E54F

#E50197 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#7F7F7F
Lightness (Desaturation)
#737373
Weighted (BT601)
#565656
Luma (BT709)
#3C3C3C

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #E50197 complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #E50197

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #E50197.

Contrast Ratio: 4.39:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #E50197

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #E50197.

Contrast Ratio: 4.78:1
AA Pass AAA Fail

Hex #E50197 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #E50197 is #01E54F. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #E50197 you will find #01E54F. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#E50197 #01E54F

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #E50197 is composed with colors #C101E5 and #E50125. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #E50197 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#C101E5 #E50197 #E50125

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #E50197 is composed with colors #01E5C1 and #25E501. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#E50197 #01E5C1 #25E501

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #E50197 is composed with colors #0197E5 and #97E501. They are located to the right and left of your main color #E50197 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#E50197 #0197E5 #97E501

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #E50197 is composed with colors #97E501, #01E54F and #4F01E5 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#E50197 #97E501 #01E54F #4F01E5

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #E50197 is composed with colors #E5C101, #01E54F and #0125E5 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#E50197 #E5C101 #01E54F #0125E5

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #E50197

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #E50197.

#E50197 #F901A4 #FD10AC #FE25B3 #FE39BA #FE4DC1 #FE62C8 #FE76CF

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#E50197 #D90C93 #CE178F #C3228C #B72E88 #AC3985 #A14481 #964F7E

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#E50197 #D00089 #BC007C #A8006E #930061 #7F0054 #6B0046 #560039

Hex #E50197 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #E50197
Java new Color(229,1,151);
Python Color(#E50197)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 229,1,151);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.9, green: 0, blue: 0.59, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(229, 1, 151)