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#E684EA — Light Pink

#E684EA 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 #E684EA 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.

#E684EA 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 #88EA85; it also sits naturally between #B485EA and #EA85BB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E684EA · RGB 230, 132, 234

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Color values

HEX#E684EA
RGB230, 132, 234
HSL298°, 71%, 72%
HSV298°, 44%, 92%
CMYK2%, 44%, 0%, 8%
XYZ55.74, 39.27, 82.48
Yxy39.27, 0.3140, 0.2212
CIE-Lab68.94, 52.37, -35.86
Hunter Lab62.66, 53.29, -39.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 90% · Green 52% · Blue 92%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 44% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E684EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E684EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E684EA

.text { color: #E684EA; }
.background { background-color: #E684EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E684EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(230, 132, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(298, 71%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E684EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(230, 132, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E684EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(230, 132, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E684EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E684EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E684EA

#E166E5#DB48E0#D62EDC#BF21C4#A11CA6#831787#661269#4C0D4E#2F0830#110311

Tints of #E684EA

#E98EEC#EB9BEE#EDA3EF#F0B1F2#F1B9F3#F3C2F5#F6CFF7#F7D8F8#FAE5FB#FCEEFC

Tones of #E684EA

#E08CE3#DA93DC#D39AD5#CCA2CD#C5A9C6#BEB0BF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #88EA85:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.37:1 Fails
Against black text8.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #E684EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E684EA

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 #E684EA: ·

How #E684EA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BCBBD1Deuteranopia · #C1C9CBTritanopia · #E1BEBA

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 #E684EA rather than the exact color:

Crimson Ruby Harbor
#6E197A · #E57FE3 · #6FDE60 · #C4EAB5
Mellow Ruby Aurora
#E882E1 · #D147C8 · #8A1982 · #661961
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Vivid Ruby Lagoon
#DD85F0 · #D066E6 · #B927D8 · #530F61
Wild Saffron
#EE8EE8 · #E22C6A · #E99D84 · #E9D777
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3

Similar colors

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

#E57FE3#E882E1#E57AEB#DD85F0#EE8EE8#DC84F3#DD7BDF#D889E1#EF90E1#E173EE#D78FEE#E072E5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E684E9  ·  #E684EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E684EA?

#E684EA is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 230, 132, 234). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E684EA?

#E684EA is RGB 230, 132, 234 — HSL 298°, 71%, 72% — CMYK 2%, 44%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #E684EA?

Its complement is #88EA85; analogous partners are #B485EA and #EA85BB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E684EA for text?

Black text on #E684EA has a contrast ratio of 8.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.37:1.