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#E490EC — Light Pink

#E490EC 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 #E490EC 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.

#E490EC 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 #9AED92; it also sits naturally between #B892ED and #ED92C7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E490EC · RGB 228, 144, 236

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Color values

HEX#E490EC
RGB228, 144, 236
HSL295°, 71%, 75%
HSV295°, 39%, 93%
CMYK3%, 39%, 0%, 7%
XYZ57.11, 42.50, 84.55
Yxy42.50, 0.3101, 0.2308
CIE-Lab71.21, 46.00, -33.46
Hunter Lab65.19, 46.50, -36.15

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 56% · Blue 93%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 39% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E490EC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E490EC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E490EC

.text { color: #E490EC; }
.background { background-color: #E490EC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E490EC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 144, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(295, 71%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E490EC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 144, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E490EC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 144, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E490EC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E490EC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E490EC

#DE73E7#D655E2#CF36DD#BF23CD#A21EAE#82188C#65126D#490D4E#2D0830#100311

Tints of #E490EC

#E79BEE#E9A3EF#EBACF1#EDB5F2#F0C2F5#F3CBF6#F5D3F8#F7DCF9#F9E5FB#FBEEFC

Tones of #E490EC

#E098E6#DA9FE0#D5A5D9#CFACD2#CAB3CC#C5B9C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9AED92:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.21:1 Fails
Against black text9.50:1 AAA

Best text color on #E490EC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E490EC

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 #E490EC: ·

How #E490EC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C0BFD6Deuteranopia · #C5CBD0Tritanopia · #E0C4C0

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E490EC rather than the exact color:

Dusty Ruby Saffron
#28AC15 · #9EEE74 · #D754EA · #EB98EB
Wild Saffron
#EE8EE8 · #E22C6A · #E99D84 · #E9D777
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E59BE9 · #D862BC · #8644A2
Palette 4e56c0
#4E56C0 · #9B5DE0 · #D78FEE · #FDCFFA
Vivid Ruby Lagoon
#DD85F0 · #D066E6 · #B927D8 · #530F61
Scarlet Summit
#0D8A24 · #70F284 · #EE49D0 · #EF95E5

Similar colors

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

#EB98EB#EE8EE8#E59BE9#D78FEE#DD85F0#EF95E5#EA9EE9#EF90E1#DC84F3#EC9EEF#EB92FB#E99DF6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E490EB  ·  #E490ED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E490EC?

#E490EC is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 228, 144, 236). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E490EC?

#E490EC is RGB 228, 144, 236 — HSL 295°, 71%, 75% — CMYK 3%, 39%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #E490EC?

Its complement is #9AED92; analogous partners are #B892ED and #ED92C7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E490EC for text?

Black text on #E490EC has a contrast ratio of 9.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.21:1.