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#EE4FA5 — Vivid Pink

#EE4FA5 is a pink color we call Vivid Pink, closest to the named color HotPink (#FF69B4). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: hotpink (#FF69B4) — not an exact match. CSS hotpink gives you #FF69B4, a different color; use #EE4FA5 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.

#EE4FA5 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 #4FEE99; it also sits naturally between #E84FEE and #EE4F54. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EE4FA5 · RGB 238, 79, 165

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Color values

HEX#EE4FA5
RGB238, 79, 165
HSL328°, 82%, 62%
HSV328°, 67%, 93%
CMYK0%, 67%, 31%, 7%
XYZ44.85, 26.49, 38.35
Yxy26.49, 0.4089, 0.2415
CIE-Lab58.50, 68.16, -12.80
Hunter Lab51.46, 69.32, -11.37

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 31% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 31% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EE4FA5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EE4FA5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EE4FA5

.text { color: #EE4FA5; }
.background { background-color: #EE4FA5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EE4FA5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 79, 165); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(328, 82%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EE4FA5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 79, 165, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EE4FA5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 79, 165, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EE4FA5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EE4FA5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EE4FA5

#EB3395#E81786#D11579#B51269#990F59#7D0C49#610A38#4A072B#2E051B#13020B

Tints of #EE4FA5

#EF5DAB#F16FB4#F27DBC#F490C5#F59ECC#F7ABD4#F9BEDD#FACCE4#FCDFEE#FDECF5

Tones of #EE4FA5

#E25AA3#D765A2#CC71A1#C07CA0#B488A0#AA929F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4FEE99:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.33:1 AA large only
Against black text6.30:1 AA

Best text color on #EE4FA5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EE4FA5

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 #EE4FA5: ·

How #EE4FA5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A9A890Deuteranopia · #B2BE8BTritanopia · #E6807C

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 pink 500 · #EC4899Tailwind pink 600 · #DB2777Tailwind rose 500 · #F43F5E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EE4FA5 rather than the exact color:

Crimson Cinder
#A011B8 · #EA21C8 · #EF55A5 · #F7AABA
Scarlet Ruby Bloom
#C1115C · #F054A1 · #14E48B · #AEF3D0
Mellow Bloom
#1B200E · #F94EA7 · #1ACBF9 · #26FFD1
Palette 0e21a0
#0E21A0 · #4D2DB7 · #9D44C0 · #EC53B0
Tranquil Mosaic
#F24B9A · #E01628 · #CD5019 · #B58515
Royal Voyage
#0D8B43 · #3AEC8D · #EF58AE · #F1A8D3

Similar colors

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

#EF55A5#F054A1#F94EA7#EC53B0#F24B9A#EF58AE#E74A9B#E458A2#E4529B#FA4F9B#E24A9C#FC46A3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EE4FA4  ·  #EE4FA6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EE4FA5?

#EE4FA5 is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 238, 79, 165). Its closest standard named color is HotPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EE4FA5?

#EE4FA5 is RGB 238, 79, 165 — HSL 328°, 82%, 62% — CMYK 0%, 67%, 31%, 7%.

What colors go with #EE4FA5?

Its complement is #4FEE99; analogous partners are #E84FEE and #EE4F54. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EE4FA5 for text?

Black text on #EE4FA5 has a contrast ratio of 6.30:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.33:1.