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#E080E6 — Light Pink

#E080E6 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 #E080E6 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.

#E080E6 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 #86E67F; it also sits naturally between #AC7FE6 and #E67FB9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E080E6 · RGB 224, 128, 230

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Color values

HEX#E080E6
RGB224, 128, 230
HSL296°, 67%, 70%
HSV296°, 44%, 90%
CMYK3%, 44%, 0%, 10%
XYZ52.74, 37.00, 79.22
Yxy37.00, 0.3121, 0.2190
CIE-Lab67.28, 51.93, -36.31
Hunter Lab60.83, 52.40, -39.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 88% · Green 50% · Blue 90%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 44% · Yellow 0% · Key 10%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E080E6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E080E6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E080E6

.text { color: #E080E6; }
.background { background-color: #E080E6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E080E6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(224, 128, 230); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(296, 67%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E080E6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(224, 128, 230, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E080E6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(224, 128, 230, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E080E6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E080E6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E080E6

#D761E0#D148DB#CA2AD5#B125BB#951F9E#791980#611466#450E48#2C092F#100311

Tints of #E080E6

#E28CE8#E495EA#E7A1EC#EAAAEE#EDB7F1#F0C3F3#F2CCF5#F5D9F7#F8E1F9#FBEEFC

Tones of #E080E6

#D887DE#D28ED7#CC95D0#C69CC9#BFA4C1#B9ABBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #86E67F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.50:1 Fails
Against black text8.40:1 AAA

Best text color on #E080E6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E080E6

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 #E080E6: ·

How #E080E6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B6B6CDDeuteranopia · #BCC3C7Tritanopia · #DBBAB6

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 #E080E6 rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#E57FE3#DD7BDF#E57AEB#E882E1#DD85F0#D889E1#D777EA#E072E5#DC84F3#D577E9#D684DC#E173EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E080E5  ·  #E080E7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E080E6?

#E080E6 is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 224, 128, 230). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E080E6?

#E080E6 is RGB 224, 128, 230 — HSL 296°, 67%, 70% — CMYK 3%, 44%, 0%, 10%.

What colors go with #E080E6?

Its complement is #86E67F; analogous partners are #AC7FE6 and #E67FB9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E080E6 for text?

Black text on #E080E6 has a contrast ratio of 8.40:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.50:1.