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#DD60EB — Vivid Pink

#DD60EB is a pink color we call Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the pink family.

#DD60EB 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 #6EEB60; it also sits naturally between #9860EB and #EB60B4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DD60EB · RGB 221, 96, 235

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Color values

HEX#DD60EB
RGB221, 96, 235
HSL294°, 78%, 65%
HSV294°, 59%, 92%
CMYK6%, 59%, 0%, 8%
XYZ49.00, 29.74, 81.75
Yxy29.74, 0.3053, 0.1853
CIE-Lab61.43, 67.18, -48.29
Hunter Lab54.53, 68.95, -55.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 38% · Blue 92%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 59% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DD60EB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DD60EB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DD60EB

.text { color: #DD60EB; }
.background { background-color: #DD60EB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DD60EB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(221, 96, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(294, 78%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DD60EB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(221, 96, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DD60EB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(221, 96, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DD60EB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DD60EB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DD60EB

#D845E8#D22AE5#C31AD5#AA17BA#91149F#74107F#5B0C64#420949#29062D#110212

Tints of #DD60EB

#E06EED#E37BEF#E689F0#E997F2#EDA9F4#F0B6F6#F3C4F8#F5D2F9#F8DFFB#FBEDFD

Tones of #DD60EB

#D66AE2#CE74D8#C67ECE#BD88C3#B592B9#AE9CB0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6EEB60:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.02:1 AA large only
Against black text6.95:1 AA

Best text color on #DD60EB: #000000.

How #DD60EB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A7A6C9Deuteranopia · #AEB8C1Tritanopia · #D7AFA9

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DD60EB rather than the exact color:

Palette 332fd0
#332FD0 · #9254C8 · #E15FED · #6EDCD9
Velvet Ruby Marble
#134FA9 · #4D1CE5 · #DA5AEC · #F4A0C9
Dreamy Ruby Canyon
#8946D8 · #E256E5 · #E675AD · #C82721
Dusty Ruby Saffron
#28AC15 · #9EEE74 · #D754EA · #EB98EB
Honey Solace
#B375E9 · #D86CE6 · #D11DA5 · #B3285F
Burning Ruby Opal
#19A220 · #5BE57E · #E661E0 · #F2C6EE

Similar colors

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

#E15FED#DA5AEC#E256E5#D754EA#D86CE6#E661E0#DC53F1#D066E6#E360DD#D858DF#E26EE5#EA56E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DD60EA  ·  #DD60EC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DD60EB?

#DD60EB is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 221, 96, 235). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DD60EB?

#DD60EB is RGB 221, 96, 235 — HSL 294°, 78%, 65% — CMYK 6%, 59%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #DD60EB?

Its complement is #6EEB60; analogous partners are #9860EB and #EB60B4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DD60EB for text?

Black text on #DD60EB has a contrast ratio of 6.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.02:1.