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#EC65EC — Light Vivid Pink

#EC65EC 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 #EC65EC 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.

#EC65EC 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 #65EC65; it also sits naturally between #A865EC and #EC65A8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EC65EC · RGB 236, 101, 236

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Color values

HEX#EC65EC
RGB236, 101, 236
HSL300°, 78%, 66%
HSV300°, 57%, 93%
CMYK0%, 57%, 0%, 7%
XYZ54.39, 33.20, 82.90
Yxy33.20, 0.3190, 0.1947
CIE-Lab64.32, 68.90, -44.14
Hunter Lab57.62, 71.87, -49.96

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 40% · Blue 93%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 57% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EC65EC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EC65EC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EC65EC

.text { color: #EC65EC; }
.background { background-color: #EC65EC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EC65EC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 101, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 78%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EC65EC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 101, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EC65EC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 101, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EC65EC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EC65EC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EC65EC

#E949E9#E52EE5#D51AD5#BA17BA#9F149F#841084#680D68#490949#2D062D#120212

Tints of #EC65EC

#EE72EE#EF80EF#F18EF1#F39BF3#F4A9F4#F6B6F6#F8C4F8#F9D2F9#FBDFFB#FDEDFD

Tones of #EC65EC

#E26EE2#D978D9#CF81CF#C58CC5#BB95BB#B29FB2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #65EC65:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.75:1 Fails
Against black text7.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #EC65EC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EC65EC

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 #EC65EC: ·

How #EC65EC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B2B0CBDeuteranopia · #B9C4C4Tritanopia · #E5B2AC

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 #EC65EC rather than the exact color:

Palette 332fd0
#332FD0 · #9254C8 · #E15FED · #6EDCD9
Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Burning Ruby Opal
#19A220 · #5BE57E · #E661E0 · #F2C6EE
Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #E26EE5 · #7E30E1 · #49108B
Cosmic Ruby Twilight
#921DC8 · #EC5BE0 · #E74A9B · #F37382
Golden Aurora
#7E41DA · #B958E2 · #EA56E8 · #DD33A6

Similar colors

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

#E15FED#F36FF2#E661E0#E26EE5#EC5BE0#EA56E8#EE6CDD#E173EE#E360DD#E072E5#E256E5#F856F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EC65EB  ·  #EC65ED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EC65EC?

#EC65EC is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 236, 101, 236). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EC65EC?

#EC65EC is RGB 236, 101, 236 — HSL 300°, 78%, 66% — CMYK 0%, 57%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #EC65EC?

Its complement is #65EC65; analogous partners are #A865EC and #EC65A8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EC65EC for text?

Black text on #EC65EC has a contrast ratio of 7.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.75:1.