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#EE53EA — Vivid Pink

#EE53EA is a pink color we call Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orchid (#DA70D6) — not an exact match. CSS orchid gives you #DA70D6, a different color; use #EE53EA 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.

#EE53EA 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 #53EE58; it also sits naturally between #A653EE and #EE539B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EE53EA · RGB 238, 83, 234

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Color values

HEX#EE53EA
RGB238, 83, 234
HSL302°, 82%, 63%
HSV302°, 65%, 93%
CMYK0%, 65%, 2%, 7%
XYZ53.20, 30.30, 80.89
Yxy30.30, 0.3236, 0.1843
CIE-Lab61.92, 76.23, -46.80
Hunter Lab55.05, 80.38, -53.56

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 33% · Blue 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 65% · Yellow 2% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EE53EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EE53EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EE53EA

.text { color: #EE53EA; }
.background { background-color: #EE53EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EE53EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 83, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(302, 82%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EE53EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 83, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EE53EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 83, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EE53EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EE53EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EE53EA

#EB37E5#E91CE2#D115CB#B512B0#9E1099#820D7E#660A63#4A0748#2E052D#130212

Tints of #EE53EA

#EF61EB#F174ED#F382EF#F490F1#F6A2F3#F7B0F5#F9BEF7#FACCF8#FCDFFB#FDECFD

Tones of #EE53EA

#E35FDE#D869D5#CD74CA#C280BF#B68BB5#AC95AB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #53EE58:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.97:1 Fails
Against black text7.06:1 AAA

Best text color on #EE53EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EE53EA

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 #EE53EA: ·

How #EE53EA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ABA9C5Deuteranopia · #B4C0BDTritanopia · #E6A9A2

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EE53EA rather than the exact color:

Golden Aurora
#7E41DA · #B958E2 · #EA56E8 · #DD33A6
Misty Tempest
#B115B9 · #E551EB · #21D519 · #A3ED9B
Tranquil Dusk
#082028 · #F856F0 · #FA3552 · #FA2635
Honey Ruby Marble
#1A1206 · #F94FE5 · #1253FC · #A14CFE
Cosmic Ruby Twilight
#921DC8 · #EC5BE0 · #E74A9B · #F37382
Dreamy Ruby Canyon
#8946D8 · #E256E5 · #E675AD · #C82721

Similar colors

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

#EA56E8#E551EB#F856F0#F94FE5#EC5BE0#E256E5#FA4AEC#EB48DF#F947EC#E15FED#E65BDB#E661E0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EE53E9  ·  #EE53EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EE53EA?

#EE53EA is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 238, 83, 234). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EE53EA?

#EE53EA is RGB 238, 83, 234 — HSL 302°, 82%, 63% — CMYK 0%, 65%, 2%, 7%.

What colors go with #EE53EA?

Its complement is #53EE58; analogous partners are #A653EE and #EE539B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EE53EA for text?

Black text on #EE53EA has a contrast ratio of 7.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.97:1.