Palettes / Colors / #DA72ED

#DA72ED — Light Pink

#DA72ED is a pink color we call Light Pink, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orchid (#DA70D6) — not an exact match. CSS orchid gives you #DA70D6, a different color; use #DA72ED 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.

#DA72ED 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 #85ED73; it also sits naturally between #9E73ED and #ED73C2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 45% · Blue 93%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 52% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #DA72ED

.text { color: #DA72ED; }
.background { background-color: #DA72ED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DA72ED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 114, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(291, 77%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DA72ED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 114, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DA72ED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 114, 237, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DA72ED">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DA72ED">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DA72ED

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #85ED73:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DA72ED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DA72ED

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:

How #DA72ED looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DA72ED rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #DA72ED?

#DA72ED is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 218, 114, 237). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DA72ED?

#DA72ED is RGB 218, 114, 237 — HSL 291°, 77%, 69% — CMYK 8%, 52%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #DA72ED?

Its complement is #85ED73; analogous partners are #9E73ED and #ED73C2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DA72ED for text?

Black text on #DA72ED has a contrast ratio of 7.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.76:1.