Palettes / Colors / #E38CED

#E38CED — Light Pink

#E38CED is a pink color we call Light Pink, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the pink family.

#E38CED 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 #96ED8C; it also sits naturally between #B38CED and #ED8CC6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 55% · Blue 93%

Cyan 4% · Magenta 41% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E38CED

.text { color: #E38CED; }
.background { background-color: #E38CED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E38CED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(227, 140, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(294, 73%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E38CED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(227, 140, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E38CED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(227, 140, 237, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E38CED">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E38CED">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E38CED

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #96ED8C:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E38CED: #000000.

How #E38CED looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E38CED rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E38CEC  ·  #E38CEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E38CED?

#E38CED is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 227, 140, 237). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E38CED?

#E38CED is RGB 227, 140, 237 — HSL 294°, 73%, 74% — CMYK 4%, 41%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #E38CED?

Its complement is #96ED8C; analogous partners are #B38CED and #ED8CC6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E38CED for text?

Black text on #E38CED has a contrast ratio of 9.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.27:1.