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#EC6FEA — Light Pink

#EC6FEA 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 #EC6FEA 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.

#EC6FEA 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 #6FEC71; it also sits naturally between #AF6FEC and #EC6FAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EC6FEA · RGB 236, 111, 234

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Color values

HEX#EC6FEA
RGB236, 111, 234
HSL301°, 77%, 68%
HSV301°, 53%, 93%
CMYK0%, 53%, 1%, 7%
XYZ55.13, 35.14, 81.72
Yxy35.14, 0.3205, 0.2043
CIE-Lab65.86, 64.14, -40.62
Hunter Lab59.28, 66.46, -45.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 44% · Blue 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 53% · Yellow 1% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EC6FEA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EC6FEA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EC6FEA

.text { color: #EC6FEA; }
.background { background-color: #EC6FEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EC6FEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 111, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(301, 77%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EC6FEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 111, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EC6FEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 111, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EC6FEA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EC6FEA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EC6FEA

#E953E6#E534E2#DD1DDA#BE19BB#A215A0#871285#680D66#4D0A4C#2D062C#120212

Tints of #EC6FEA

#EE7CEC#F08AEE#F193EF#F3A0F1#F4AEF3#F6BBF5#F8C9F7#F9D2F8#FBDFFA#FDEDFC

Tones of #EC6FEA

#E378E1#DA81D9#D189D0#C892C7#BF9BBF#B6A4B6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6FEC71:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.62:1 Fails
Against black text8.03:1 AAA

Best text color on #EC6FEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EC6FEA

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 #EC6FEA: ·

How #EC6FEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B6B5CCDeuteranopia · #BDC7C5Tritanopia · #E6B5B0

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 #EC6FEA rather than the exact color:

Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #E26EE5 · #7E30E1 · #49108B
Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Honey Ruby Bloom
#B221A1 · #E072E5 · #66E375 · #A2E69D
Burning Ruby Whisper
#A41376 · #EE6CDD · #19D655 · #A8EFB4

Similar colors

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

#F36FF2#E26EE5#E173EE#E57AEB#E072E5#EE6CDD#E661E0#E57FE3#E15FED#D86CE6#E882E1#D770EF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EC6FE9  ·  #EC6FEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EC6FEA?

#EC6FEA is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 236, 111, 234). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EC6FEA?

#EC6FEA is RGB 236, 111, 234 — HSL 301°, 77%, 68% — CMYK 0%, 53%, 1%, 7%.

What colors go with #EC6FEA?

Its complement is #6FEC71; analogous partners are #AF6FEC and #EC6FAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EC6FEA for text?

Black text on #EC6FEA has a contrast ratio of 8.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.62:1.