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#EC6FEC — Light Pink

#EC6FEC 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 #EC6FEC 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.

#EC6FEC 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 #6FEC6F; it also sits naturally between #AD6FEC and #EC6FAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EC6FEC · RGB 236, 111, 236

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Color values

HEX#EC6FEC
RGB236, 111, 236
HSL300°, 77%, 68%
HSV300°, 53%, 93%
CMYK0%, 53%, 0%, 7%
XYZ55.42, 35.26, 83.24
Yxy35.26, 0.3186, 0.2027
CIE-Lab65.95, 64.48, -41.58
Hunter Lab59.38, 66.90, -46.51

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 44% · Blue 93%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #EC6FEC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EC6FEC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EC6FEC

.text { color: #EC6FEC; }
.background { background-color: #EC6FEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EC6FEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 111, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 77%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EC6FEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 111, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EC6FEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 111, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EC6FEC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EC6FEC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EC6FEC

#E953E9#E534E5#DD1DDD#BE19BE#A215A2#871287#680D68#4D0A4D#2D062D#120212

Tints of #EC6FEC

#EE7CEE#F08AF0#F193F1#F3A0F3#F4AEF4#F6BBF6#F8C9F8#F9D2F9#FBDFFB#FDEDFD

Tones of #EC6FEC

#E378E3#DA81DA#D189D1#C892C8#BF9BBF#B6A4B6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6FEC6F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.61:1 Fails
Against black text8.05:1 AAA

Best text color on #EC6FEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EC6FEC

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 #EC6FEC: ·

How #EC6FEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B6B5CEDeuteranopia · #BDC7C7Tritanopia · #E6B6B1

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 #EC6FEC rather than the exact color:

Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #E26EE5 · #7E30E1 · #49108B
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#E173EE#E26EE5#E57AEB#E072E5#EE6CDD#E661E0#E15FED#E57FE3#D86CE6#D770EF#E882E1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EC6FEB  ·  #EC6FED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EC6FEC?

#EC6FEC is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 236, 111, 236). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EC6FEC?

#EC6FEC is RGB 236, 111, 236 — HSL 300°, 77%, 68% — CMYK 0%, 53%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #EC6FEC?

Its complement is #6FEC6F; analogous partners are #AD6FEC and #EC6FAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EC6FEC for text?

Black text on #EC6FEC has a contrast ratio of 8.05:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.61:1.