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#E288E2 — Light Pink

#E288E2 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 #E288E2 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.

#E288E2 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 #88E288; it also sits naturally between #B588E2 and #E288B5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E288E2 · RGB 226, 136, 226

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Color values

HEX#E288E2
RGB226, 136, 226
HSL300°, 61%, 71%
HSV300°, 40%, 89%
CMYK0%, 40%, 0%, 11%
XYZ53.90, 39.27, 76.69
Yxy39.27, 0.3173, 0.2312
CIE-Lab68.94, 47.71, -31.49
Hunter Lab62.66, 47.96, -33.34

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 53% · Blue 89%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #E288E2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E288E2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E288E2

.text { color: #E288E2; }
.background { background-color: #E288E2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E288E2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 136, 226); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 61%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E288E2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 136, 226, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E288E2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 136, 226, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E288E2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E288E2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E288E2

#DB6BDB#D553D5#CE36CE#B52CB5#9C269C#7F1F7F#631863#461146#2D0B2D#100410

Tints of #E288E2

#E594E5#E79CE7#EAA9EA#ECB1EC#EFBDEF#F1C6F1#F4D2F4#F6DAF6#F9E6F9#FBEFFB

Tones of #E288E2

#DC8FDC#D695D6#CF9BCF#C8A2C8#C2A8C2#BCAEBC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #88E288:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.37:1 Fails
Against black text8.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #E288E2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E288E2

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 #E288E2: ·

How #E288E2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BBBACCDeuteranopia · #C0C7C7Tritanopia · #DEBBB7

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 #E288E2 rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Aurora
#E882E1 · #D147C8 · #8A1982 · #661961
Crimson Ruby Harbor
#6E197A · #E57FE3 · #6FDE60 · #C4EAB5
Honey Ruby Harbor
#EDCBF1 · #D889E1 · #B931C9 · #45114B
Crystal Zephyr
#303FB4 · #A283CF · #D684DC · #DC8BB7
Palette Fff58a
#FFF58A · #FFBBE1 · #DD7BDF · #B3BFFF
Wild Saffron
#EE8EE8 · #E22C6A · #E99D84 · #E9D777

Similar colors

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

#E882E1#E57FE3#D889E1#D684DC#DD7BDF#EE8EE8#DD85F0#DA81D7#EF90E1#E594D8#E198DD#E57AEB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E288E1  ·  #E288E3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E288E2?

#E288E2 is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 226, 136, 226). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E288E2?

#E288E2 is RGB 226, 136, 226 — HSL 300°, 61%, 71% — CMYK 0%, 40%, 0%, 11%.

What colors go with #E288E2?

Its complement is #88E288; analogous partners are #B588E2 and #E288B5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E288E2 for text?

Black text on #E288E2 has a contrast ratio of 8.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.37:1.