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#EC51CD — Vivid Pink

#EC51CD 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 #EC51CD 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.

#EC51CD 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 #51EC70; it also sits naturally between #BD51EC and #EC517F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EC51CD · RGB 236, 81, 205

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Color values

HEX#EC51CD
RGB236, 81, 205
HSL312°, 80%, 62%
HSV312°, 66%, 93%
CMYK0%, 66%, 13%, 7%
XYZ48.55, 28.13, 60.63
Yxy28.13, 0.3536, 0.2048
CIE-Lab60.00, 72.10, -33.50
Hunter Lab53.03, 74.61, -34.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 32% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 66% · Yellow 13% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EC51CD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EC51CD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EC51CD

.text { color: #EC51CD; }
.background { background-color: #EC51CD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EC51CD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 81, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(312, 80%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EC51CD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 81, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EC51CD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 81, 205, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EC51CD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EC51CD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EC51CD

#E935C5#E619BD#CF17AA#B31493#97117D#7C0E66#600B4F#49083C#2E0526#12020F

Tints of #EC51CD

#ED5ED1#EF71D6#F17EDA#F391DF#F49FE3#F6ACE7#F8BFEC#F9CDF0#FBDFF6#FDEDFA

Tones of #EC51CD

#E15BC6#D567BF#CB72B9#BF7DB2#B488AB#A993A4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #51EC70:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.17:1 AA large only
Against black text6.63:1 AA

Best text color on #EC51CD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EC51CD

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 #EC51CD: ·

How #EC51CD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A9A7AFDeuteranopia · #B2BEA8Tritanopia · #E49792

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 pink 500 · #EC4899Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EC51CD rather than the exact color:

Cosmic Opal
#850D65 · #EF58CD · #2EEB60 · #B2F3CF
Scarlet Summit
#0D8A24 · #70F284 · #EE49D0 · #EF95E5
Mellow Harbor
#EA59D1 · #EA428C · #EB666E · #97441B
Electric Petal
#3E15AC · #AA1DE4 · #EB57D4 · #F3A0C2
Frozen Ruby Ember
#961777 · #E65BC6 · #54E578 · #A1EAA7
Amber Horizon
#E557C3 · #DB39B3 · #B61B90 · #631250

Similar colors

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

#EF58CD#EE49D0#EA59D1#EB57D4#E65BC6#E557C3#E446D3#E54BDA#DF4AD4#DF57D5#E741CC#E958BE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EC51CC  ·  #EC51CE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EC51CD?

#EC51CD is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 236, 81, 205). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EC51CD?

#EC51CD is RGB 236, 81, 205 — HSL 312°, 80%, 62% — CMYK 0%, 66%, 13%, 7%.

What colors go with #EC51CD?

Its complement is #51EC70; analogous partners are #BD51EC and #EC517F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EC51CD for text?

Black text on #EC51CD has a contrast ratio of 6.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.17:1.