#EA00A5

sRGB · 234 / 0 / 165

#EA00A5 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 234 red, 0 green and 165 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 317.7° lands in the rose region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 45.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.04:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 234, 0, 165
HSL: 317.69°, 100.00%, 45.88%
HSV / HSB: 317.69°, 100.00%, 91.76%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 100.00%, 29.49%, 8.24%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 40.722, 20.212, 37.355
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 52.076, 83.505, -22.629
WCAG relative luminance: 0.20209
24-bit decimal: 15335589

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #EA00A5 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 5.04:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 4.17:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#00EA45 sits half a turn (180°) from #EA00A5 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#EA00A5 #00EA45

Analogous

#BA00EA and #EA0030 sit 30° to either side of #EA00A5. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BA00EA #EA00A5 #EA0030

Triadic

#EA00A5, #A5EA00 and #00A5EA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EA00A5 #A5EA00 #00A5EA

Split complementary

Start at #EA00A5 and look across the wheel. #30EA00 and #00EABA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EA00A5 #30EA00 #00EABA

Square

Starting with #EA00A5, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EABA00, #00EA45, then #0030EA. Across the square, #EA00A5 pairs with #00EA45, and #EABA00 with #0030EA.

#EA00A5 #EABA00 #00EA45 #0030EA

Tetradic

#EA00A5 and #00EA45 are opposites, as are #EA4500 and #00A5EA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EA00A5 #EA4500 #00EA45 #00A5EA

Tints

Mixing #EA00A5 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EE33B7, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBCCED, the mixture is 80% white.

#EA00A5 #EE33B7 #F266C9 #F799DB #FBCCED #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EA00A5 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BB0084, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F0021, the mixture is 80% black.

#EA00A5 #BB0084 #8C0063 #5E0042 #2F0021 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EA00A5 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D51A9E, keeps 80% of the original. By #956687, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EA00A5 #D51A9E #C03396 #AA4D8F #956687 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#EA00A5

RGB

rgb(234 0 165)

HSL

hsl(317.692 100.000% 45.882%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EA00A5;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EA00A5 uses 234 red, 0 green and 165 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 91.8%

Green 0.0%

Blue 64.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EA00A5 is 0.0% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 29.5% yellow and 8.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 100.0%

Yellow 29.5%

Black 8.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE00AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E0A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EA00A5 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF0099, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #EE00AA Nearest web-safe · #FF0099

Gradient to complement

#EA00A5 #C32795 #9C4E85 #757575 #4E9C65 #27C355 #00EA45

Color vision previews

Compare how #EA00A5 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#3E66A8

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#8089A1

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FB0060

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9A59A6

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A870A2

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EA1E92

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#7C7C7C

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BE5992

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.82279 G 0.00000 B 0.37626

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.84158 G 0.18036 B 0.63157

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.67671 G 0.02731 B 0.35665

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.414 y 0.206 Y 20.212

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 8.235 M % 100.000 Y % 35.294

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11101010 00000000 10100101