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#EA8CDA

#ea8cda ≈ Violet

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#ea8cda is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 54.9% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 40.17% magenta, 6.84% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 310.21°, with 69.12% saturation and 73.33% 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 9.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Violet (#ee82ee), ΔE 4.71.

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Web safe#ff99cc
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Relative luminance0.4131

Complementary

  1. #ea8cda
  2. #8cea9c

Split complementary

  1. #ea8cda
  2. #abea8c
  3. #8ceacb

Analogous

  1. #cb8cea
  2. #ea8cda
  3. #ea8cab

Triadic

  1. #ea8cda
  2. #daea8c
  3. #8cdaea

Tetradic

  1. #ea8cda
  2. #ea9c8c
  3. #8cea9c
  4. #8cdaea

Square

  1. #ea8cda
  2. #eacb8c
  3. #8cea9c
  4. #8cabea

Monochromatic

  1. #bb22a1
  2. #de4bc5
  3. #ea8cda
  4. #f6cdef
  5. #fceef9

Shades

#ea8cda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea8cda
  2. #d37ec4
  3. #bb70ae
  4. #a46299
  5. #8c5483
  6. #75466d
  7. #5e3857
  8. #462a41
  9. #2f1c2c
  10. #170e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea8cda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea8cda
  2. #ec98de
  3. #eea3e1
  4. #f0afe5
  5. #f2bae9
  6. #f5c6ed
  7. #f7d1f0
  8. #f9ddf4
  9. #fbe8f8
  10. #fdf4fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea8cda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea8cda
  2. #df8bd1
  3. #d58ac8
  4. #ca88bf
  5. #c087b6
  6. #b586ad
  7. #aa85a4
  8. #a0849b
  9. #958292
  10. #8b8189
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8a0c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ba4dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3b1d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f291a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b99bdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4a4d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ef8fbf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea8cda {
  color: #ea8cda;
}
Background
.bg-ea8cda {
  background-color: #ea8cda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea8cda {
  border: 2px solid #ea8cda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea8cda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 140 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 310 69% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea8cda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea8cda, #ea8cab);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea8cda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 140 218 / 0.35);
}

#ee82ee Violet ΔE 4.71 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 5.59 #f77fbe Persian Pink ΔE 6.83 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.24 #ff66cc Rose Pink ΔE 7.54 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 7.68 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.82 #157325 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Violet
#ea8cda  rgb(234, 140, 218)  hsl(310, 69%, 73%)  Violet
#8cea9c  rgb(140, 234, 156)  hsl(130, 69%, 73%)  Light Green
#daea8c  rgb(218, 234, 140)  hsl(70, 69%, 73%)  Pastel Yellow
#8cdaea  rgb(140, 218, 234)  hsl(190, 69%, 73%)  Non-Photo Blue