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#E486DA — Light Pink

#E486DA 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 #E486DA 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.

#E486DA 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 #86E48F; it also sits naturally between #BF86E4 and #E486AC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E486DA · RGB 228, 134, 218

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Color values

HEX#E486DA
RGB228, 134, 218
HSL306°, 64%, 71%
HSV306°, 41%, 89%
CMYK0%, 41%, 4%, 11%
XYZ53.17, 38.61, 70.98
Yxy38.61, 0.3267, 0.2372
CIE-Lab68.46, 47.92, -27.79
Hunter Lab62.13, 48.10, -28.68

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 53% · Blue 85%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 41% · Yellow 4% · Key 11%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E486DA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E486DA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E486DA

.text { color: #E486DA; }
.background { background-color: #E486DA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E486DA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 134, 218); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(306, 64%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E486DA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 134, 218, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E486DA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 134, 218, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E486DA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E486DA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E486DA

#DE68D2#D84FCB#D232C2#B828AA#9F2393#821C78#64165D#471042#2E0A2A#11040F

Tints of #E486DA

#E792DF#E99BE1#ECA7E5#EEB0E7#F0BCEB#F2C4EE#F5D1F1#F7D9F4#F9E6F8#FBEEFA

Tones of #E486DA

#DE8CD6#D793D0#D09ACB#C9A1C5#C2A8C0#BCAEBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #86E48F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.41:1 Fails
Against black text8.72:1 AAA

Best text color on #E486DA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E486DA

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 #E486DA: ·

How #E486DA 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 · #C1C8C1Tritanopia · #DFB6B2

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 #E486DA rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Aurora
#E882E1 · #D147C8 · #8A1982 · #661961
Golden Voyage
#ECA2DF · #E77ED4 · #9C2186 · #601052
Crimson Ruby Harbor
#6E197A · #E57FE3 · #6FDE60 · #C4EAB5
Smoky Ember
#DA81D7 · #C25E89 · #D87164 · #AC863F
Vintage Ruby Opal
#2391B7 · #5361CC · #B98EE4 · #E17BD4
Palette F5f5f5
#F5F5F5 · #F8E7F6 · #DD88CF · #4B164C

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E486D9  ·  #E486DB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E486DA?

#E486DA is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 228, 134, 218). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E486DA?

#E486DA is RGB 228, 134, 218 — HSL 306°, 64%, 71% — CMYK 0%, 41%, 4%, 11%.

What colors go with #E486DA?

Its complement is #86E48F; analogous partners are #BF86E4 and #E486AC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E486DA for text?

Black text on #E486DA has a contrast ratio of 8.72:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.41:1.