#EE98EA

sRGB: 238 / 152 / 234

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Shimmering rivers echo between distant mountains
Infinite wonders illuminate hidden worlds

#EE98EA belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 152 green and 234 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 302.8° lands in the magenta region. Its 71.7% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 76.5% 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 (10.31:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 152, 234
HSL: 302.79°, 71.67%, 76.47%
HSV / HSB: 302.79°, 36.13%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 36.13%, 1.68%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 61.337, 46.576, 83.604
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 73.918, 44.506, -28.098
WCAG relative luminance: 0.46574
24-bit decimal: 15636714

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 #EE98EA 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: 10.31:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.04:1

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.

Reference: 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

#98EE9C sits half a turn (180°) from #EE98EA 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.

#EE98EA #98EE9C

Analogous

#C798EE and #EE98BF sit 30° to either side of #EE98EA. 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.

#C798EE #EE98EA #EE98BF

Triadic

#EE98EA, #EAEE98 and #98EAEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EE98EA #EAEE98 #98EAEE

Split complementary

Start at #EE98EA and look across the wheel. #BFEE98 and #98EEC7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EE98EA #BFEE98 #98EEC7

Square

Starting with #EE98EA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EEC798, #98EE9C, then #98BFEE. Across the square, #EE98EA pairs with #98EE9C, and #EEC798 with #98BFEE.

#EE98EA #EEC798 #98EE9C #98BFEE

Tetradic

#EE98EA and #98EE9C are opposites, as are #EE9C98 and #98EAEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EE98EA #EE9C98 #98EE9C #98EAEE

Tints

Mixing #EE98EA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1ADEE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCEAFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#EE98EA #F1ADEE #F5C1F2 #F8D6F7 #FCEAFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EE98EA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE7ABB, keeps 80% of the original. By #301E2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#EE98EA #BE7ABB #8F5B8C #5F3D5E #301E2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #EE98EA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D893D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #968595, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EE98EA #D893D5 #C28EC0 #AC8AAA #968595 #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

#EE98EA

RGB

rgb(238 152 234)

HSL

hsl(302.791 71.667% 76.471%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EE98EA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EE98EA uses 238 red, 152 green and 234 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 59.6%

Blue 91.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EE98EA is 0.0% cyan, 36.1% magenta, 1.7% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 36.1%

Yellow 1.7%

Black 6.7%

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 #EE98EA 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

#EE98EA #E0A6DD #D1B5D0 #C3C3C3 #B5D1B6 #A6E0A9 #98EE9C

Color vision previews

Compare how #EE98EA 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.

#93AFED

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.

#A9BAE7

Tritanopia

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

#F49FB7

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.

#BAA9EB

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.

#C1AFE8

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EC9DD9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B6B6B6

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.

#D4A8D2

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.31399 B 0.82279

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 0.88546 G 0.61134 B 0.89954

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.75894 G 0.33195 B 0.78650

CIE xyY

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

x 0.320 y 0.243 Y 46.576

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 40.392 Y % 8.235

Binary RGB

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

11101110 10011000 11101010