#EE02CA

sRGB · 238 / 2 / 202

#EE02CA belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 2 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 309.2° lands in the magenta region. Its 98.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 47.1% 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 (5.50:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 2, 202
HSL: 309.15°, 98.33%, 47.06%
HSV / HSB: 309.15°, 99.16%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 99.16%, 15.13%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 45.940, 22.488, 57.800
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 54.541, 88.341, -40.306
WCAG relative luminance: 0.22485
24-bit decimal: 15598282

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 #EE02CA 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 · 5.50:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.82:1

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

#02EE26 sits half a turn (180°) from #EE02CA 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.

#EE02CA #02EE26

Analogous

#9C02EE and #EE0254 sit 30° to either side of #EE02CA. 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.

#9C02EE #EE02CA #EE0254

Triadic

#EE02CA, #CAEE02 and #02CAEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EE02CA #CAEE02 #02CAEE

Split complementary

Start at #EE02CA and look across the wheel. #54EE02 and #02EE9C sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EE02CA #54EE02 #02EE9C

Square

Starting with #EE02CA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EE9C02, #02EE26, then #0254EE. Across the square, #EE02CA pairs with #02EE26, and #EE9C02 with #0254EE.

#EE02CA #EE9C02 #02EE26 #0254EE

Tetradic

#EE02CA and #02EE26 are opposites, as are #EE2602 and #02CAEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EE02CA #EE2602 #02EE26 #02CAEE

Tints

Mixing #EE02CA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F135D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCCCF4, the mixture is 80% white.

#EE02CA #F135D5 #F567DF #F89AEA #FCCCF4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EE02CA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE02A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #300028, the mixture is 80% black.

#EE02CA #BE02A2 #8F0179 #5F0151 #300028 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EE02CA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D81BBB, keeps 80% of the original. By #96678F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EE02CA #D81BBB #C234AC #AC4E9E #96678F #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

#EE02CA

RGB

rgb(238 2 202)

HSL

hsl(309.153 98.333% 47.059%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EE02CA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EE02CA uses 238 red, 2 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 0.8%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EE02CA is 0.0% cyan, 99.2% magenta, 15.1% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 99.2%

Yellow 15.1%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE00CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E0C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EE02CA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF00CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #EE00CC Nearest web-safe · #FF00CC

Gradient to complement

#EE02CA #C729AF #9F5193 #787878 #519F5D #29C741 #02EE26

Color vision previews

Compare how #EE02CA 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.

#196ECE

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.

#768DC6

Tritanopia

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

#FB2777

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.

#9760CB

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.

#A575C7

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ED2AB2

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#828282

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.

#C25EAB

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 0.85499 G 0.00061 B 0.59062

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 0.85609 G 0.18620 B 0.76888

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.70331 G 0.02897 B 0.55242

CIE xyY

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

x 0.364 y 0.178 Y 22.488

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 99.216 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

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

11101110 00000010 11001010