#EA91EF

sRGB · 234 / 145 / 239

#EA91EF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 234 red, 145 green and 239 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 296.8° lands in the magenta region. Its 74.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 75.3% 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 (9.80:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 234, 145, 239
HSL: 296.81°, 74.60%, 75.29%
HSV / HSB: 296.81°, 39.33%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 2.09%, 39.33%, 0.00%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 59.634, 43.977, 87.011
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 72.213, 47.818, -33.492
WCAG relative luminance: 0.43975
24-bit decimal: 15372783

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 #EA91EF 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 · 9.80:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.14:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

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

#96EF91 sits half a turn (180°) from #EA91EF 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.

#EA91EF #96EF91

Analogous

#BB91EF and #EF91C5 sit 30° to either side of #EA91EF. 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.

#BB91EF #EA91EF #EF91C5

Triadic

#EA91EF, #EFEA91 and #91EFEA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EA91EF #EFEA91 #91EFEA

Split complementary

Start at #EA91EF and look across the wheel. #C5EF91 and #91EFBB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EA91EF #C5EF91 #91EFBB

Square

Starting with #EA91EF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EFBB91, #96EF91, then #91C5EF. Across the square, #EA91EF pairs with #96EF91, and #EFBB91 with #91C5EF.

#EA91EF #EFBB91 #96EF91 #91C5EF

Tetradic

#EA91EF and #96EF91 are opposites, as are #EF9196 and #91EFEA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EA91EF #EF9196 #96EF91 #91EFEA

Tints

Mixing #EA91EF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EEA7F2, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBE9FC, the mixture is 80% white.

#EA91EF #EEA7F2 #F2BDF5 #F7D3F9 #FBE9FC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EA91EF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BB74BF, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F1D30, the mixture is 80% black.

#EA91EF #BB74BF #8C578F #5E3A60 #2F1D30 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EA91EF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D58ED9, keeps 80% of the original. By #958396, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EA91EF #D58ED9 #C08AC3 #AA87AC #958396 #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

#EA91EF

RGB

rgb(234 145 239)

HSL

hsl(296.809 74.603% 75.294%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EA91EF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EA91EF uses 234 red, 145 green and 239 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 91.8%

Green 56.9%

Blue 93.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EA91EF is 2.1% cyan, 39.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 2.1%

Magenta 39.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE99EE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E9E in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EA91EF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF99FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #EE99EE Nearest web-safe · #FF99FF

Gradient to complement

#EA91EF #DCA1DF #CEB0D0 #C0C0C0 #B2D0B0 #A4DFA1 #96EF91

Color vision previews

Compare how #EA91EF 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.

#88AAF2

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.

#A0B5EC

Tritanopia

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

#EE9BB5

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.

#B3A3F0

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.

#BAAAED

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E897DC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B1B1B1

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.

#D0A2D3

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 0.28315 B 0.86316

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 0.86875 G 0.58477 B 0.91651

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72698 G 0.30106 B 0.82048

CIE xyY

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

x 0.313 y 0.231 Y 43.977

CMY

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

C % 8.235 M % 43.137 Y % 6.275

Binary RGB

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

11101010 10010001 11101111