Amaranth Color Codes
Amaranth is a mid-tone, saturated magenta with the hex code #E86EAD, RGB values of 232, 110, 173 and an HSL value of hsl(329, 73%, 67%).
| HEX | #E86EAD |
|---|---|
| RGB | 232, 110, 173 |
| HSL | hsl(329, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | 329°, 53%, 91% |
| CMYK | 0%, 53%, 25%, 9% |
| LAB | 62.78, 54.11, -11.05 |
| CIELCHuv | 62.78, 77.55, 340.53° |
- Nearest Pantone
- PMS 218 C ΔE 4.1 · approximate
- Nearest CSS name
-
hotpinkΔE 10.5
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Amaranth Color Hex Code
The Amaranth color hex code is #E86EAD. Those six digits are three pairs, E8 for red, 6E for green and AD for blue, which is the same triplet a browser reads from the CSS value below.
#E86EAD
Amaranth Color RGB Code
The Amaranth RGB code is rgb(232, 110, 173). Red carries the most light at 232 of 255, which is what puts this color where it sits on the wheel.
rgb(232, 110, 173)
Amaranth Color HSV Code
The Amaranth HSV code is 329°, 53%, 91%. Read it as a hue of 329 degrees, 53% saturation and 91% value, which is the form most color pickers use because moving one number changes one thing.
329°, 53%, 91%
Amaranth Color CIELChuv Code
The Amaranth CIELCHuv code is 62.78, 77.55, 340.53°. Unlike hex or RGB this one is perceptual: lightness 63 means mid-toned to the eye rather than to the screen, and chroma 78 is how far it sits from grey.
62.78, 77.55, 340.53°
Tonal scale
What are Amaranth Color Palettes?
A shade mixes toward black, a tint toward white, a tone toward grey. Every step keeps the hue and is copy-ready.
Shades, toward black
Tints, toward white
Tones, toward grey
Palettes
What are Amaranth Color Palette Codes?
Each of these is a hue rotation from #E86EAD. They are generated, not curated, so they are exact.
Complementary
Half a turn away is #6EE8A9, a light, saturated spring green. This is the widest separation the wheel offers, and the reason complementary pairs are the default for anything that must stand out. Both are saturated, so give the complement much less area than the base or the two will fight.
Analogous
Either side sit #E66EE8 and #E86E70, 30 degrees out. Low tension by construction: useful when you need several related tones that still feel like one choice.
Triadic
#ADE86E and #6EADE8 complete an even 120 degree split. Three fully independent hues, so one has to lead: keep this base dominant and let the other two appear in small quantities.
Split-complementary
Instead of the direct complement, this takes the two hues either side of it: #70E86E and #6EE8E6. Almost the same contrast, without the edge shimmer a true complementary pair produces at high saturation.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs forming a rectangle: this base with #6EE8A9, and #E8E66E with #6E70E8. The richest of the five and the hardest to balance, so treat the darkest of the four as the lead and hold the other three well back.
Accessibility
Contrast checker: is Amaranth accessible?
Measured against white and against black, with a separate verdict for each element type. Small text, large text and UI components have different thresholds, so one pass or fail for the whole color would be wrong roughly a third of the time.
White background
2.89:12.89
contrast ratio on white background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Fails | Fails |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Fails | Fails |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Fails | n/a |
Black background
7.26:17.26
contrast ratio on black background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Passes | Passes |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Passes | Passes |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Passes | n/a |
At 2.89:1 against white, Amaranth is a fill color rather than a text color. Use it for surfaces, borders and large display type, and set the copy in ink. Text placed on it should be black, which gives 7.26:1.
Color vision
How Amaranth looks with color blindness
Around 300 million people see color differently from the way it is specified. Each card shows the actual color beside how it appears, and how common that form of vision is.
Protanopia
About 1% of men#C0BFA1
Amaranth changes substantially here. ΔE 66.0
No working red cones. Reds darken sharply and drift toward the same muddy olive as green.
Deuteranopia
About 1% of men#C6CD9D
Amaranth changes substantially here. ΔE 75.2
No working green cones. With the milder deuteranomaly at nearer 6% of men, this is by far the most common form, and the one worth designing around.
Tritanopia
About 1 in 10,000#E49693
Amaranth changes substantially here. ΔE 36.0
No working blue cones. Blues shift toward green and yellows toward pink. Rare, and unlike the others it is not sex-linked, so it affects men and women equally.
Achromatopsia
About 1 in 30,000#989898
Amaranth changes substantially here. ΔE 55.2
No color vision at all. Also a fair proxy for how the color survives a greyscale print or a failing screen.
To a deuteranope, the most common form, Amaranth reads as #C6CD9D. That is a shift of ΔE 75.2, so it is a different color to roughly one man in sixteen. The widest shift is under deuteranopia, at ΔE 75.2. The rule this leads to needs no simulator: never let color be the only thing carrying a message. Add a label, an icon, or a clear difference in lightness, and the problem disappears for everyone.
Snippets
Using Amaranth in code
:root {
--amaranth: #E86EAD;
}
.example {
color: var(--amaranth);
}// tailwind.config.js
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'amaranth': '#E86EAD',
},
},
}// SwiftUI takes 0–1 components, not 0–255.
let amaranth = Color(
red: 0.910,
green: 0.431,
blue: 0.678
)<!-- res/values/colors.xml -->
<color name="amaranth">#E86EAD</color>// Flutter wants ARGB: FF for full opacity, then the hex.
const amaranth = Color(0xFFE86EAD);