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#E288DA — Light Pink

#E288DA 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 #E288DA 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.

#E288DA is a warm-leaning 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 #88E28F; it also sits naturally between #BD88E2 and #E288AE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E288DA · RGB 226, 136, 218

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Color values

HEX#E288DA
RGB226, 136, 218
HSL305°, 61%, 71%
HSV305°, 40%, 89%
CMYK0%, 40%, 4%, 11%
XYZ52.82, 38.84, 71.04
Yxy38.84, 0.3247, 0.2387
CIE-Lab68.63, 46.28, -27.54
Hunter Lab62.32, 46.29, -28.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 53% · Blue 85%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 40% · Yellow 4% · Key 11%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E288DA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E288DA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E288DA

.text { color: #E288DA; }
.background { background-color: #E288DA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E288DA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 136, 218); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(305, 61%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E288DA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 136, 218, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E288DA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 136, 218, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E288DA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E288DA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E288DA

#DB6BD2#D553CA#CE36C2#B52CA9#9C2692#7F1F77#63185C#461141#2D0B2A#10040F

Tints of #E288DA

#E594DE#E79CE1#EAA9E5#ECB1E7#EFBDEB#F1C6ED#F4D2F1#F6DAF4#F9E6F7#FBEFFA

Tones of #E288DA

#DC8FD5#D695D0#CF9BCB#C8A2C5#C2A8C0#BCAEBB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #88E28F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.40:1 Fails
Against black text8.77:1 AAA

Best text color on #E288DA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E288DA

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 #E288DA: ·

How #E288DA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BBBAC6Deuteranopia · #C0C7C1Tritanopia · #DEB6B3

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 pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E288DA rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Aurora
#E882E1 · #D147C8 · #8A1982 · #661961
Smoky Ember
#DA81D7 · #C25E89 · #D87164 · #AC863F
Palette F5f5f5
#F5F5F5 · #F8E7F6 · #DD88CF · #4B164C
Honey Ruby Harbor
#EDCBF1 · #D889E1 · #B931C9 · #45114B
Scarlet Ruby Garden
#EFB8E6 · #E594D8 · #CE64BD · #8C2C7C
Golden Voyage
#ECA2DF · #E77ED4 · #9C2186 · #601052

Similar colors

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

#E882E1#DA81D7#DD88CF#D889E1#E594D8#E77ED4#D684DC#E57FE3#DB8DD0#E17BD4#DD7BDF#DB7CD3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E288D9  ·  #E288DB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E288DA?

#E288DA is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 226, 136, 218). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E288DA?

#E288DA is RGB 226, 136, 218 — HSL 305°, 61%, 71% — CMYK 0%, 40%, 4%, 11%.

What colors go with #E288DA?

Its complement is #88E28F; analogous partners are #BD88E2 and #E288AE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E288DA for text?

Black text on #E288DA has a contrast ratio of 8.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.40:1.