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#EA90EF — Light Pink

#EA90EF 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 #EA90EF 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.

#EA90EF 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 #94EF8F; it also sits naturally between #BA8FEF and #EF8FC4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA90EF · RGB 234, 144, 239

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Color values

HEX#EA90EF
RGB234, 144, 239
HSL297°, 75%, 75%
HSV297°, 40%, 94%
CMYK2%, 40%, 0%, 6%
XYZ59.48, 43.67, 86.96
Yxy43.67, 0.3129, 0.2297
CIE-Lab72.01, 48.34, -33.82
Hunter Lab66.08, 49.33, -36.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 56% · Blue 94%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 40% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA90EF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA90EF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA90EF

.text { color: #EA90EF; }
.background { background-color: #EA90EF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA90EF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 144, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(297, 75%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA90EF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 144, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA90EF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 144, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA90EF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA90EF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA90EF

#E470EB#DF51E6#D932E2#C91ED2#AB19B3#89148F#6B1070#4D0B50#2F0731#110312

Tints of #EA90EF

#EC98F0#EEA1F2#EFAAF3#F1B3F4#F3C1F6#F5C9F7#F7D2F9#F8DBFA#FAE4FB#FCEDFC

Tones of #EA90EF

#E496E8#DE9DE2#D8A4DB#D2ABD4#CBB2CD#C6B8C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #94EF8F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.16:1 Fails
Against black text9.73:1 AAA

Best text color on #EA90EF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA90EF

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 #EA90EF: ·

How #EA90EF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C3C2D8Deuteranopia · #C8CFD2Tritanopia · #E5C6C2

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 #EA90EF rather than the exact color:

Wild Saffron
#EE8EE8 · #E22C6A · #E99D84 · #E9D777
Dusty Ruby Saffron
#28AC15 · #9EEE74 · #D754EA · #EB98EB
Palette 4b4c7a
#4B4C7A · #EB92FB · #C855BC · #A03271
Scarlet Summit
#0D8A24 · #70F284 · #EE49D0 · #EF95E5
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E59BE9 · #D862BC · #8644A2
Dusty Ruby Breeze
#F3CCF5 · #EC9EEF · #D84FDE · #BF1FC6

Similar colors

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

#EE8EE8#EB98EB#EB92FB#EF95E5#E59BE9#EC9EEF#E99DF6#EF90E1#EA9EE9#DD85F0#EEA1ED#DC84F3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA90EE  ·  #EA90F0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA90EF?

#EA90EF is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 234, 144, 239). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA90EF?

#EA90EF is RGB 234, 144, 239 — HSL 297°, 75%, 75% — CMYK 2%, 40%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #EA90EF?

Its complement is #94EF8F; analogous partners are #BA8FEF and #EF8FC4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA90EF for text?

Black text on #EA90EF has a contrast ratio of 9.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.16:1.