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#EA72EE — Light Vivid Pink

#EA72EE is a pink color we call Light Vivid 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 #EA72EE 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.

#EA72EE 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 #76EE72; it also sits naturally between #AC72EE and #EE72B4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA72EE · RGB 234, 114, 238

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Color values

HEX#EA72EE
RGB234, 114, 238
HSL298°, 78%, 69%
HSV298°, 52%, 93%
CMYK2%, 52%, 0%, 7%
XYZ55.38, 35.70, 84.86
Yxy35.70, 0.3148, 0.2029
CIE-Lab66.29, 62.92, -42.17
Hunter Lab59.75, 65.10, -47.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 45% · Blue 93%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 52% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA72EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA72EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA72EE

.text { color: #EA72EE; }
.background { background-color: #EA72EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA72EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 114, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(298, 78%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA72EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 114, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA72EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 114, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA72EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA72EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA72EE

#E557EA#E037E6#DC1CE3#BD18C3#A315A8#841188#6A0D6D#4B0A4D#300632#120212

Tints of #EA72EE

#EC80EF#ED89F0#EF97F2#F1A4F4#F3B2F5#F5BBF7#F7C9F8#F9D6FA#FADFFB#FCEDFD

Tones of #EA72EE

#E17BE5#D984DC#D18CD4#C896CA#C09FC1#B8A7B9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #76EE72:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.58:1 Fails
Against black text8.14:1 AAA

Best text color on #EA72EE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA72EE

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 #EA72EE: ·

How #EA72EE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B6B5D0Deuteranopia · #BDC6C9Tritanopia · #E4B8B3

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 #EA72EE rather than the exact color:

Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #E26EE5 · #7E30E1 · #49108B
Honey Ruby Bloom
#B221A1 · #E072E5 · #66E375 · #A2E69D
Crimson Ruby Harbor
#6E197A · #E57FE3 · #6FDE60 · #C4EAB5

Similar colors

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

#E173EE#E57AEB#F36FF2#E26EE5#E072E5#E57FE3#EE6CDD#D770EF#D777EA#D86CE6#E882E1#E15FED

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA72ED  ·  #EA72EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA72EE?

#EA72EE is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 234, 114, 238). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA72EE?

#EA72EE is RGB 234, 114, 238 — HSL 298°, 78%, 69% — CMYK 2%, 52%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #EA72EE?

Its complement is #76EE72; analogous partners are #AC72EE and #EE72B4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA72EE for text?

Black text on #EA72EE has a contrast ratio of 8.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.58:1.