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#EA74EE

#ea74ee ≈ Violet

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#ea74ee is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 45.49% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.68% cyan, 51.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 298.03°, with 78.21% saturation and 69.41% 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 8.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Violet (#ee82ee), ΔE 3.01.

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Web safe#ff66ff
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Relative luminance0.3616

Complementary

  1. #ea74ee
  2. #78ee74

Split complementary

  1. #ea74ee
  2. #b5ee74
  3. #74eead

Analogous

  1. #ad74ee
  2. #ea74ee
  3. #ee74b5

Triadic

  1. #ea74ee
  2. #eeea74
  3. #74eeea

Tetradic

  1. #ea74ee
  2. #ee7478
  3. #78ee74
  4. #74eeea

Square

  1. #ea74ee
  2. #eead74
  3. #78ee74
  4. #74b5ee

Monochromatic

  1. #ae16b3
  2. #e030e6
  3. #ea74ee
  4. #f4b8f6
  5. #fcedfd

Shades

#ea74ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea74ee
  2. #d368d6
  3. #bb5dbe
  4. #a451a7
  5. #8c468f
  6. #753a77
  7. #5e2e5f
  8. #462347
  9. #2f1730
  10. #170c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea74ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea74ee
  2. #ec82f0
  3. #ee90f1
  4. #f09ef3
  5. #f2acf5
  6. #f5baf7
  7. #f7c7f8
  8. #f9d5fa
  9. #fbe3fc
  10. #fdf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea74ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea74ee
  2. #df75e3
  3. #d576d8
  4. #ca78cd
  5. #c079c2
  6. #b57ab7
  7. #aa7bac
  8. #a07ca1
  9. #957e96
  10. #8b7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c392c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6699f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ba7ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef82a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ab8bf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b996ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ed7dc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea74ee {
  color: #ea74ee;
}
Background
.bg-ea74ee {
  background-color: #ea74ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea74ee {
  border: 2px solid #ea74ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea74ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 116 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 298 78% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea74ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea74ee, #ee74b5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea74ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 116 238 / 0.35);
}

#ee82ee Violet ΔE 3.01 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 3.60 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 3.94 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 4.07 #ff66cc Rose Pink ΔE 7.72 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.30 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.46 #158b11 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Violet
#ea74ee  rgb(234, 116, 238)  hsl(298, 78%, 69%)  Violet
#78ee74  rgb(120, 238, 116)  hsl(118, 78%, 69%)  Light Green
#eeea74  rgb(238, 234, 116)  hsl(58, 78%, 69%)  Straw
#74eeea  rgb(116, 238, 234)  hsl(178, 78%, 69%)  Electric Blue