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#E554EB — Vivid Pink

#E554EB 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 #E554EB 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.

#E554EB 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 #5BEB56; it also sits naturally between #9C56EB and #EB56A6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E554EB · RGB 229, 84, 235

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Color values

HEX#E554EB
RGB229, 84, 235
HSL298°, 79%, 63%
HSV298°, 64%, 92%
CMYK3%, 64%, 0%, 8%
XYZ50.48, 29.00, 81.53
Yxy29.00, 0.3135, 0.1801
CIE-Lab60.78, 73.97, -49.24
Hunter Lab53.85, 77.18, -57.12

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 90% · Green 33% · Blue 92%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 64% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E554EB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E554EB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E554EB

.text { color: #E554EB; }
.background { background-color: #E554EB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E554EB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(229, 84, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(298, 79%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E554EB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(229, 84, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E554EB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(229, 84, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E554EB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E554EB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E554EB

#E23BE8#DE1FE5#C718CD#AD15B2#97129B#7C0F80#610C64#470949#2C052E#120212

Tints of #E554EB

#E864ED#EB76EF#ED84F1#EF91F2#F2A4F4#F4B1F6#F6BFF8#F8CDF9#FADFFB#FCEDFD

Tones of #E554EB

#DD60E1#D26CD5#C876CB#BF81C1#B58BB6#AA96AB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5BEB56:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.09:1 AA large only
Against black text6.80:1 AA

Best text color on #E554EB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E554EB

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 #E554EB: ·

How #E554EB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A6A5C6Deuteranopia · #AFB9BETritanopia · #DEAAA3

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 #E554EB rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#E551EB#EA56E8#E256E5#DC53F1#E15FED#DA5AEC#D754EA#EC5BE0#E049E2#DF4EF9#E661E0#E65BDB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E554EA  ·  #E554EC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E554EB?

#E554EB is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 229, 84, 235). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E554EB?

#E554EB is RGB 229, 84, 235 — HSL 298°, 79%, 63% — CMYK 3%, 64%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #E554EB?

Its complement is #5BEB56; analogous partners are #9C56EB and #EB56A6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E554EB for text?

Black text on #E554EB has a contrast ratio of 6.80:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.09:1.