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#EA74EF — Light Vivid Pink

#EA74EF is a pink color we call Light Vivid 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 #EA74EF 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.

#EA74EF 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 #7AEF76; it also sits naturally between #AE76EF and #EF76B7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA74EF · RGB 234, 116, 239

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Color values

HEX#EA74EF
RGB234, 116, 239
HSL298°, 79%, 70%
HSV298°, 51%, 94%
CMYK2%, 51%, 0%, 6%
XYZ55.76, 36.22, 85.71
Yxy36.22, 0.3138, 0.2038
CIE-Lab66.68, 62.16, -42.11
Hunter Lab60.18, 64.29, -47.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 45% · Blue 94%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 51% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA74EF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA74EF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA74EF

.text { color: #EA74EF; }
.background { background-color: #EA74EF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA74EF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 116, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(298, 79%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA74EF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 116, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA74EF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 116, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA74EF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA74EF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA74EF

#E656EB#E23BE8#DE1BE4#C318C9#A414A9#851089#6A0D6E#4B094E#310632#120212

Tints of #EA74EF

#ED84F1#EE8DF2#F09BF3#F2A4F4#F4B1F6#F6BFF8#F7C8F9#F9D6FA#FADFFB#FCEDFD

Tones of #EA74EF

#E37EE7#DA88DD#D390D5#CB98CD#C3A1C4#BAAABB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7AEF76:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.55:1 Fails
Against black text8.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #EA74EF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA74EF

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 #EA74EF: ·

How #EA74EF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B7B6D1Deuteranopia · #BEC7CATritanopia · #E4BAB5

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 #EA74EF rather than the exact color:

Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #E26EE5 · #7E30E1 · #49108B
Honey Ruby Bloom
#B221A1 · #E072E5 · #66E375 · #A2E69D
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#F36FF2#E26EE5#E072E5#E57FE3#D770EF#D777EA#E882E1#EE6CDD#DD85F0#DC84F3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA74EE  ·  #EA74F0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA74EF?

#EA74EF is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 234, 116, 239). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA74EF?

#EA74EF is RGB 234, 116, 239 — HSL 298°, 79%, 70% — CMYK 2%, 51%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #EA74EF?

Its complement is #7AEF76; analogous partners are #AE76EF and #EF76B7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA74EF for text?

Black text on #EA74EF has a contrast ratio of 8.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.55:1.