Pale violet red

#ea8ea5

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for pale violet red, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Pale violet red, a strong red sitting at 345 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Pale violet red color values

Every conversion for #ea8ea5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea8ea5
RGB234, 142, 165
HSL345, 69%, 74%
HSV345, 39%, 92%
CMYK0%, 39%, 29%, 8%
Lab69.15, 37.66, 2.89
XYZ50.4, 39.56, 40.58
Decimal15371941
Web safe#ff9999
Pantone507 C
Pantone507 CHex#ea8ea5Rgb234 142 165Cmyk0 39 29 8Lab69 38 3Darker#c5254dDeep#df5275Lighter#f3ccd6

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Pale violet red in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 39, 29, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea8ea5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 39 29 8
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 40 31 14
The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Pale violet red in css

Copy #ea8ea5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea8ea5; }
.text { color: #ea8ea5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea8ea5; }

How pale violet red looks on light and dark

Pale violet red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ea8ea5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.36:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.91:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea8ea5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale violet red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ea8ea5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around pale violet red? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn pale violet red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ea8ea5 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from pale violet red, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #ea8ea5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.