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#E474EC — Light Pink

#E474EC 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 #E474EC 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.

#E474EC 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 #7CEC74; it also sits naturally between #A874EC and #EC74B8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E474EC · RGB 228, 116, 236

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Color values

HEX#E474EC
RGB228, 116, 236
HSL296°, 76%, 69%
HSV296°, 51%, 93%
CMYK3%, 51%, 0%, 7%
XYZ53.38, 35.04, 83.31
Yxy35.04, 0.3108, 0.2040
CIE-Lab65.78, 60.02, -41.92
Hunter Lab59.20, 61.50, -46.96

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 45% · Blue 93%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 51% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E474EC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E474EC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E474EC

.text { color: #E474EC; }
.background { background-color: #E474EC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E474EC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 116, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(296, 76%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E474EC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 116, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E474EC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 116, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E474EC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E474EC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E474EC

#DF59E8#D93AE4#D31FE0#B61AC1#9C17A6#7F1287#660F6C#480A4C#2F0731#110212

Tints of #E474EC

#E781EE#E88AEF#EB98F1#EEA5F3#F0B3F5#F2BCF6#F5C9F8#F7D7F9#F9E0FB#FCEDFD

Tones of #E474EC

#DC7DE3#D585DB#CD8ED2#C796CA#BF9FC1#B7A7B9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7CEC74:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.62:1 Fails
Against black text8.01:1 AAA

Best text color on #E474EC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E474EC

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 #E474EC: ·

How #E474EC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B4B2CFDeuteranopia · #BAC2C8Tritanopia · #DEB8B3

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 #E474EC rather than the exact color:

Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Honey Ruby Bloom
#B221A1 · #E072E5 · #66E375 · #A2E69D
Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #E26EE5 · #7E30E1 · #49108B
Scarlet Ruby Drift
#921EC1 · #D777EA · #6CE13D · #CEF0BB
Hidden Ruby Aurora
#D770EF · #E559BE · #E36C8B · #D03C16

Similar colors

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

#E173EE#E57AEB#E072E5#E26EE5#D777EA#D770EF#E57FE3#D577E9#D86CE6#DD7BDF#F36FF2#D276EC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E474EB  ·  #E474ED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E474EC?

#E474EC is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 228, 116, 236). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E474EC?

#E474EC is RGB 228, 116, 236 — HSL 296°, 76%, 69% — CMYK 3%, 51%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #E474EC?

Its complement is #7CEC74; analogous partners are #A874EC and #EC74B8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E474EC for text?

Black text on #E474EC has a contrast ratio of 8.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.62:1.