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#EA8AEE

#ea8aee ≈ Violet

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#ea8aee is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 54.12% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.68% cyan, 42.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 297.6°, with 74.63% saturation and 73.73% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Violet (#ee82ee), ΔE 1.7.

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Web safe#ff99ff
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Relative luminance0.4184

Complementary

  1. #ea8aee
  2. #8eee8a

Split complementary

  1. #ea8aee
  2. #c0ee8a
  3. #8aeeb8

Analogous

  1. #b88aee
  2. #ea8aee
  3. #ee8ac0

Triadic

  1. #ea8aee
  2. #eeea8a
  3. #8aeeea

Tetradic

  1. #ea8aee
  2. #ee8a8e
  3. #8eee8a
  4. #8aeeea

Square

  1. #ea8aee
  2. #eeb88a
  3. #8eee8a
  4. #8ac0ee

Monochromatic

  1. #bc1cc3
  2. #de47e4
  3. #ea8aee
  4. #f6cdf8
  5. #fcedfc

Shades

#ea8aee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea8aee
  2. #d37cd6
  3. #bb6ebe
  4. #a461a7
  5. #8c538f
  6. #754577
  7. #5e375f
  8. #462947
  9. #2f1c30
  10. #170e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea8aee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea8aee
  2. #ec96f0
  3. #eea1f1
  4. #f0adf3
  5. #f2b9f5
  6. #f5c5f7
  7. #f7d0f8
  8. #f9dcfa
  9. #fbe8fc
  10. #fdf3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea8aee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea8aee
  2. #df89e3
  3. #d588d8
  4. #ca87cd
  5. #c086c2
  6. #b585b7
  7. #aa84ac
  8. #a083a1
  9. #958296
  10. #8b818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8a0ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a6f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb1eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef94b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b59bf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0a3ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ed90cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea8aee {
  color: #ea8aee;
}
Background
.bg-ea8aee {
  background-color: #ea8aee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea8aee {
  border: 2px solid #ea8aee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea8aee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 138 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 298 75% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea8aee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea8aee, #ee8ac0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea8aee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 138 238 / 0.35);
}

#ee82ee Violet ΔE 1.70 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 4.78 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 6.59 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 6.78 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.25 #ff66cc Rose Pink ΔE 8.99 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.16 #157511 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Violet
#ea8aee  rgb(234, 138, 238)  hsl(298, 75%, 74%)  Violet
#8eee8a  rgb(142, 238, 138)  hsl(118, 75%, 74%)  Light Green
#eeea8a  rgb(238, 234, 138)  hsl(58, 75%, 74%)  Khaki
#8aeeea  rgb(138, 238, 234)  hsl(178, 75%, 74%)  Electric Blue