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#E45BEC — Vivid Pink

#E45BEC is a pink color we call Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orchid (#DA70D6) — not an exact match. CSS orchid gives you #DA70D6, a different color; use #E45BEC 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.

#E45BEC 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 #62EC5B; it also sits naturally between #9C5BEC and #EC5BAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E45BEC · RGB 228, 91, 236

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Color values

HEX#E45BEC
RGB228, 91, 236
HSL297°, 79%, 64%
HSV297°, 61%, 93%
CMYK3%, 61%, 0%, 7%
XYZ50.88, 30.03, 82.47
Yxy30.03, 0.3114, 0.1838
CIE-Lab61.68, 71.14, -48.38
Hunter Lab54.80, 73.89, -55.92

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 36% · Blue 93%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 61% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E45BEC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E45BEC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E45BEC

.text { color: #E45BEC; }
.background { background-color: #E45BEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E45BEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 91, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(297, 79%, 64%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E45BEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 91, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E45BEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 91, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E45BEC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E45BEC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E45BEC

#E03FE9#DC24E5#C919D2#AF15B7#94129B#7A0F80#600C64#460949#2C052E#110212

Tints of #E45BEC

#E768ED#E976EF#EC88F1#EE96F3#F0A4F4#F2B1F6#F5BFF8#F8D1FA#FADFFB#FCEDFD

Tones of #E45BEC

#DB65E2#D170D7#C87ACD#BF84C2#B68EB8#AC99AD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #62EC5B:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.00:1 Fails
Against black text7.01:1 AAA

Best text color on #E45BEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E45BEC

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 #E45BEC: ·

How #E45BEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A9A7C9Deuteranopia · #B1BBC1Tritanopia · #DDADA7

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E45BEC rather than the exact color:

Palette 332fd0
#332FD0 · #9254C8 · #E15FED · #6EDCD9
Golden Aurora
#7E41DA · #B958E2 · #EA56E8 · #DD33A6
Dreamy Ruby Canyon
#8946D8 · #E256E5 · #E675AD · #C82721
Velvet Ruby Marble
#134FA9 · #4D1CE5 · #DA5AEC · #F4A0C9
Misty Tempest
#B115B9 · #E551EB · #21D519 · #A3ED9B
Lucky Aurora
#8F53E3 · #DC53F1 · #EC4CB9 · #E31847

Similar colors

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

#E15FED#EA56E8#E256E5#DA5AEC#E551EB#DC53F1#E661E0#EC5BE0#D754EA#E360DD#E65BDB#D858DF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E45BEB  ·  #E45BED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E45BEC?

#E45BEC is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 228, 91, 236). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E45BEC?

#E45BEC is RGB 228, 91, 236 — HSL 297°, 79%, 64% — CMYK 3%, 61%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #E45BEC?

Its complement is #62EC5B; analogous partners are #9C5BEC and #EC5BAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E45BEC for text?

Black text on #E45BEC has a contrast ratio of 7.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.00:1.