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Beaming Momoiro

#e963c4
Notes

Beaming Momoiro (#E963C4) is a true magenta with a vibrant character. It holds its own as a focal accent, carrying visual weight without tipping into neon territory. Its HSL profile (317°, 75%, 65%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary green. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#e963c4
RGB
rgb(233, 99, 196)
HSL
hsl(317, 75%, 65%)
HWB
hwb(317 39% 9%)
OKLCH
oklch(69.7% 0.198 339.6)
P3
color(display-p3 0.8501 0.4205 0.7520)
HSV
hsv(317, 58%, 91%)
LAB
lab(61.86% 62.66 -25.54)
LCH
lch(61.86% 67.67 337.82)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 58%, 16%, 9%)

Etymology

Beaming
adjective

The progressive participle of beam, to emit a directional light — used as a color word since the nineteenth century for hues that read as if focused and projecting. Beaming yellow, beaming pink: the implication is luminance combined with directionality. Sits at the bright-bucket center alongside radiant and glowing.

Momoiro
noun

Japanese 桃色, peach color — though traditionally referring to the warm pink of Prunus persica peach blossom, the modern color name momoiro extends to the deep-saturated magenta-pink of cultivated double-petaled peach varieties. Momoiro color refers to a fully bloomed Prunus persica var. plena double-flower: a saturated, slightly cool deep magenta with the velvet finish of densely overlapping ruffled peach-blossom petals.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#e963c4
Original
#6988c7
Protanopia
#909dc1
Deuteranopia
#f5668b
Tritanopia
#868686
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
2.98:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
7.05:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##E963C4
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.8501 0.4205 0.7520)
P3 has visible headroomOKLCH chroma 0.198

This color is chromatic enough that authoring it as P3 native (instead of clamping to sRGB) gives a perceptibly more saturated render on wide-gamut displays — modern Macs, iPhones, iPads, and most recent OLED laptops.

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