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#E080E4 — Light Pink

#E080E4 is a pink color we call Light Pink, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: violet (#EE82EE) — not an exact match. CSS violet gives you #EE82EE, a different color; use #E080E4 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.

#E080E4 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 #84E481; it also sits naturally between #AF81E4 and #E481B6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E080E4 · RGB 224, 128, 228

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Color values

HEX#E080E4
RGB224, 128, 228
HSL298°, 65%, 70%
HSV298°, 44%, 89%
CMYK2%, 44%, 0%, 11%
XYZ52.46, 36.89, 77.75
Yxy36.89, 0.3140, 0.2207
CIE-Lab67.19, 51.56, -35.33
Hunter Lab60.73, 51.96, -38.11

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 88% · Green 50% · Blue 89%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 44% · Yellow 0% · Key 11%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E080E4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E080E4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E080E4

.text { color: #E080E4; }
.background { background-color: #E080E4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E080E4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(224, 128, 228); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(298, 65%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E080E4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(224, 128, 228, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E080E4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(224, 128, 228, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E080E4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E080E4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E080E4

#DA63DE#D44AD9#CD2DD2#B427B9#98219C#7B1B7E#621565#460F48#2D0A2E#100411

Tints of #E080E4

#E48DE7#E696E9#E9A2EB#EBABED#EEB7F0#F1C4F3#F3CDF4#F6D9F7#F8E2F9#FBEEFB

Tones of #E080E4

#DA88DD#D38FD6#CD96CF#C69DC8#C0A4C1#B9ACB9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #84E481:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.51:1 Fails
Against black text8.38:1 AAA

Best text color on #E080E4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E080E4

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 #E080E4: ·

How #E080E4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B6B6CCDeuteranopia · #BCC3C6Tritanopia · #DBB9B5

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 #E080E4 rather than the exact color:

Crimson Ruby Harbor
#6E197A · #E57FE3 · #6FDE60 · #C4EAB5
Palette Fff58a
#FFF58A · #FFBBE1 · #DD7BDF · #B3BFFF
Mellow Ruby Aurora
#E882E1 · #D147C8 · #8A1982 · #661961
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Honey Ruby Harbor
#EDCBF1 · #D889E1 · #B931C9 · #45114B
Vivid Ruby Lagoon
#DD85F0 · #D066E6 · #B927D8 · #530F61

Similar colors

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

#E57FE3#DD7BDF#E882E1#E57AEB#D889E1#DD85F0#D684DC#E072E5#D777EA#DA81D7#D577E9#DC84F3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E080E3  ·  #E080E5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E080E4?

#E080E4 is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 224, 128, 228). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E080E4?

#E080E4 is RGB 224, 128, 228 — HSL 298°, 65%, 70% — CMYK 2%, 44%, 0%, 11%.

What colors go with #E080E4?

Its complement is #84E481; analogous partners are #AF81E4 and #E481B6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E080E4 for text?

Black text on #E080E4 has a contrast ratio of 8.38:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.51:1.