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#EA74EB — Light Pink

#EA74EB is a pink color we call Light Pink, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: violet (#EE82EE) — not an exact match. CSS violet gives you #EE82EE, a different color; use #EA74EB when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#EA74EB is a cool pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #77EB75; it also sits naturally between #AE75EB and #EB75B2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA74EB · RGB 234, 116, 235

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Color values

HEX#EA74EB
RGB234, 116, 235
HSL299°, 75%, 69%
HSV299°, 51%, 92%
CMYK0%, 51%, 0%, 8%
XYZ55.17, 35.98, 82.63
Yxy35.98, 0.3175, 0.2070
CIE-Lab66.51, 61.46, -40.18
Hunter Lab59.98, 63.40, -44.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 45% · Blue 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 51% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #EA74EB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA74EB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA74EB

.text { color: #EA74EB; }
.background { background-color: #EA74EB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA74EB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 116, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(299, 75%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA74EB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 116, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA74EB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 116, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA74EB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA74EB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA74EB

#E55AE7#E03BE3#DC20DF#BD1BC0#A318A5#841386#6A0F6B#4B0B4C#300731#120312

Tints of #EA74EB

#EB82ED#ED8BEE#EF98F0#F1A6F2#F3B3F4#F4BCF5#F7C9F7#F9D7F9#FAE0FB#FCEDFC

Tones of #EA74EB

#E17DE3#D985DB#D18ED2#C897C9#C09FC1#B8A7B9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #77EB75:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.56:1 Fails
Against black text8.20:1 AAA

Best text color on #EA74EB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA74EB

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #EA74EB: ·

How #EA74EB looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #B7B6CEDeuteranopia · #BEC7C7Tritanopia · #E4B7B2

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA74EB rather than the exact color:

Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #E26EE5 · #7E30E1 · #49108B
Honey Ruby Bloom
#B221A1 · #E072E5 · #66E375 · #A2E69D
Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Crimson Ruby Harbor
#6E197A · #E57FE3 · #6FDE60 · #C4EAB5

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#E57AEB#E173EE#E26EE5#E072E5#F36FF2#E57FE3#EE6CDD#E882E1#DD7BDF#D777EA#D770EF#D86CE6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA74EA  ·  #EA74EC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA74EB?

#EA74EB is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 234, 116, 235). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA74EB?

#EA74EB is RGB 234, 116, 235 — HSL 299°, 75%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 51%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA74EB?

Its complement is #77EB75; analogous partners are #AE75EB and #EB75B2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA74EB for text?

Black text on #EA74EB has a contrast ratio of 8.20:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.56:1.