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#EC80FF — Light Vivid Pink

#EC80FF 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 #EC80FF 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.

#EC80FF 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 #93FF80; it also sits naturally between #AC80FF and #FF80D2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EC80FF · RGB 236, 128, 255

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Color values

HEX#EC80FF
RGB236, 128, 255
HSL291°, 100%, 75%
HSV291°, 50%, 100%
CMYK7%, 50%, 0%, 0%
XYZ60.36, 40.49, 99.24
Yxy40.49, 0.3017, 0.2024
CIE-Lab69.82, 59.87, -45.95
Hunter Lab63.63, 62.34, -53.37

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 50% · Blue 100%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 50% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EC80FF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EC80FF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EC80FF

.text { color: #EC80FF; }
.background { background-color: #EC80FF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EC80FF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 128, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(291, 100%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EC80FF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 128, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EC80FF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 128, 255, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EC80FF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EC80FF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EC80FF

#E75CFF#E138FF#DC14FF#CC00F0#AD00CC#8B00A3#6C0080#4E005C#300038#110014

Tints of #EC80FF

#ED8AFF#EF94FF#F09EFF#F2A8FF#F4B8FF#F6C2FF#F7CCFF#F9D6FF#FAE0FF#FCEBFF

Tones of #EC80FF

#E688F6#DF92ED#D99BE4#D2A4DB#CCADD2#C5B6C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #93FF80:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.31:1 Fails
Against black text9.10:1 AAA

Best text color on #EC80FF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EC80FF

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 #EC80FF: ·

How #EC80FF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BDBCE0Deuteranopia · #C4CCD9Tritanopia · #E7C8C3

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EC80FF rather than the exact color:

Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD
Palette 4b4c7a
#4B4C7A · #EB92FB · #C855BC · #A03271
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
Vivid Ruby Lagoon
#DD85F0 · #D066E6 · #B927D8 · #530F61
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2

Similar colors

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

#E384FF#EB92FB#DC84F3#DD85F0#E57AEB#F36FF2#D67BFF#E173EE#DC95FF#EE8EE8#E49BFF#E57FE3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EC80FE  ·  #EC8100 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EC80FF?

#EC80FF is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 236, 128, 255). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EC80FF?

#EC80FF is RGB 236, 128, 255 — HSL 291°, 100%, 75% — CMYK 7%, 50%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #EC80FF?

Its complement is #93FF80; analogous partners are #AC80FF and #FF80D2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EC80FF for text?

Black text on #EC80FF has a contrast ratio of 9.10:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.31:1.