#ea42ce

Color #ea42ce

A vivid, highly saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 20.93 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ea42ce

RGB

rgb(234, 66, 206)

HSL

hsl(310, 80%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(310, 71.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 12%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(57.89, 76.94, -37.38)

LCH

lch(57.89, 85.54, 334.09)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.2471, 335.62)

HWB

hwb(310, 25.9%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#42ea5e

Analogous

#b242ea

#ea42ce

#ea427a

Triadic

#ea42ce

#ceea42

#42ceea

Split-complementary

#ea42ce

#7aea42

#42eab2

Tetradic

#ea42ce

#ea5e42

#42ea5e

#42ceea

Square

#ea42ce

#eab242

#42ea5e

#427aea

Shades

Color #ea42ce mixed toward black.

#e119c0

#b41499

#870f73

#5a0a4d

#2d0526

Tints

Color #ea42ce mixed toward white.

#ed61d6

#f181de

#f4a0e6

#f8c0ef

#fbdff7

Tones

Color #ea42ce mixed toward gray.

#dc50c5

#ce5ebb

#c06cb2

#b27aa9

#a4889f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bab9b8 · ΔE 32.9

Deuteranopia

#c1cab3 · ΔE 51.6

Tritanopia

#e5a4a0 · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 29.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ea42ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ea42ce]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ea42ce (#ea42ce) is rgb(234, 66, 206) in RGB.

No, #ea42ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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