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#DC74EB — Light Pink

#DC74EB 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 #DC74EB 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.

#DC74EB 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 #84EB75; it also sits naturally between #A075EB and #EB75C0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DC74EB · RGB 220, 116, 235

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Color values

HEX#DC74EB
RGB220, 116, 235
HSL292°, 75%, 69%
HSV292°, 51%, 92%
CMYK6%, 51%, 0%, 8%
XYZ50.76, 33.70, 82.43
Yxy33.70, 0.3041, 0.2020
CIE-Lab64.73, 57.69, -43.09
Hunter Lab58.06, 58.47, -48.50

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 45% · Blue 92%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 51% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DC74EB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DC74EB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DC74EB

.text { color: #DC74EB; }
.background { background-color: #DC74EB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DC74EB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 116, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(292, 75%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DC74EB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 116, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DC74EB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 116, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DC74EB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DC74EB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DC74EB

#D55AE7#CD3BE3#C620DF#AA1BC0#9218A5#771386#5F0F6B#430B4C#2B0731#100312

Tints of #DC74EB

#DF82ED#E18BEE#E598F0#E8A6F2#EBB3F4#EEBCF5#F1C9F7#F5D7F9#F7E0FB#FAEDFC

Tones of #DC74EB

#D57DE3#CF85DB#C98ED2#C397C9#BC9FC1#B6A7B9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #84EB75:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.71:1 Fails
Against black text7.74:1 AAA

Best text color on #DC74EB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DC74EB

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 #DC74EB: ·

How #DC74EB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AFAECEDeuteranopia · #B5BDC7Tritanopia · #D7B7B2

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 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DC74EB rather than the exact color:

Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Scarlet Ruby Drift
#921EC1 · #D777EA · #6CE13D · #CEF0BB
Honey Ruby Bloom
#B221A1 · #E072E5 · #66E375 · #A2E69D
Hidden Ruby Aurora
#D770EF · #E559BE · #E36C8B · #D03C16
Lucky Ruby Monsoon
#E5ABF2 · #D577E9 · #B11FD1 · #811B97
Honey Solace
#B375E9 · #D86CE6 · #D11DA5 · #B3285F

Similar colors

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

#E173EE#D777EA#E072E5#D770EF#D577E9#D86CE6#D276EC#E26EE5#E57AEB#DD7BDF#CE6EEC#CF6BED

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DC74EA  ·  #DC74EC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DC74EB?

#DC74EB is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 220, 116, 235). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DC74EB?

#DC74EB is RGB 220, 116, 235 — HSL 292°, 75%, 69% — CMYK 6%, 51%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #DC74EB?

Its complement is #84EB75; analogous partners are #A075EB and #EB75C0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DC74EB for text?

Black text on #DC74EB has a contrast ratio of 7.74:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.71:1.