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#EA90EA — Light Pink

#EA90EA 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 #EA90EA 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.

#EA90EA is a warm-leaning 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 #90EA90; it also sits naturally between #BD90EA and #EA90BD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA90EA · RGB 234, 144, 234

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Color values

HEX#EA90EA
RGB234, 144, 234
HSL300°, 68%, 74%
HSV300°, 38%, 92%
CMYK0%, 38%, 0%, 8%
XYZ58.76, 43.38, 83.12
Yxy43.38, 0.3172, 0.2342
CIE-Lab71.81, 47.43, -31.39
Hunter Lab65.86, 48.25, -33.55

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 56% · Blue 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 38% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA90EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA90EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA90EA

.text { color: #EA90EA; }
.background { background-color: #EA90EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA90EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 144, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 68%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA90EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 144, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA90EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 144, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA90EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA90EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA90EA

#E472E4#DE54DE#D936D9#C526C5#A720A7#891A89#6B146B#4D0F4D#2F092F#110311

Tints of #EA90EA

#EB98EB#EDA1ED#EFAEEF#F1B6F1#F3BFF3#F4C7F4#F6D0F6#F8DDF8#FAE5FA#FCEEFC

Tones of #EA90EA

#E396E3#DD9CDD#D7A3D7#D0A9D0#C9B0C9#C3B6C3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #90EA90:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.17:1 Fails
Against black text9.68:1 AAA

Best text color on #EA90EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA90EA

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 #EA90EA: ·

How #EA90EA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C3C2D4Deuteranopia · #C8CFCFTritanopia · #E5C3BF

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 · #A855F7Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA90EA rather than the exact color:

Wild Saffron
#EE8EE8 · #E22C6A · #E99D84 · #E9D777
Dusty Ruby Saffron
#28AC15 · #9EEE74 · #D754EA · #EB98EB
Scarlet Summit
#0D8A24 · #70F284 · #EE49D0 · #EF95E5
Scarlet Solace
#EF90E1 · #D921BE · #9E1A8B · #490D40
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E59BE9 · #D862BC · #8644A2
Gentle Ruby Whisper
#179721 · #40E241 · #E65BDB · #EA9EE9

Similar colors

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

#EE8EE8#EB98EB#EF95E5#EF90E1#E59BE9#EA9EE9#EC9EEF#E882E1#EB92FB#E99DF6#E198DD#EEA1ED

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA90E9  ·  #EA90EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA90EA?

#EA90EA is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 234, 144, 234). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA90EA?

#EA90EA is RGB 234, 144, 234 — HSL 300°, 68%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 38%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA90EA?

Its complement is #90EA90; analogous partners are #BD90EA and #EA90BD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA90EA for text?

Black text on #EA90EA has a contrast ratio of 9.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.17:1.