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#EE83FB — Light Vivid Pink

#EE83FB 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 #EE83FB 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.

#EE83FB 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 #8FFB83; it also sits naturally between #B383FB and #FB83CB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EE83FB · RGB 238, 131, 251

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Color values

HEX#EE83FB
RGB238, 131, 251
HSL294°, 94%, 75%
HSV294°, 48%, 98%
CMYK5%, 48%, 0%, 2%
XYZ60.79, 41.37, 96.05
Yxy41.37, 0.3067, 0.2087
CIE-Lab70.44, 58.21, -42.78
Hunter Lab64.32, 60.51, -48.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 51% · Blue 98%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 48% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EE83FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EE83FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EE83FB

.text { color: #EE83FB; }
.background { background-color: #EE83FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EE83FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 131, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(294, 94%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EE83FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 131, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EE83FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 131, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EE83FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EE83FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EE83FB

#EB61FA#E63EF9#E21BF8#D207E9#B306C6#8F059E#70047C#500359#310236#120114

Tints of #EE83FB

#F08DFB#F297FC#F3A1FC#F4ABFC#F6BAFD#F7C4FD#F9CEFD#FAD7FE#FBE1FE#FCEBFE

Tones of #EE83FB

#E98CF3#E195EA#DB9DE2#D4A6D9#CDAED0#C6B7C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8FFB83:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.26:1 Fails
Against black text9.27:1 AAA

Best text color on #EE83FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EE83FB

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 #EE83FB: ·

How #EE83FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C0BFDEDeuteranopia · #C6CED7Tritanopia · #E9C7C2

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 #EE83FB 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
Wild Saffron
#EE8EE8 · #E22C6A · #E99D84 · #E9D777

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EE83FA  ·  #EE83FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EE83FB?

#EE83FB is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 238, 131, 251). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EE83FB?

#EE83FB is RGB 238, 131, 251 — HSL 294°, 94%, 75% — CMYK 5%, 48%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #EE83FB?

Its complement is #8FFB83; analogous partners are #B383FB and #FB83CB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EE83FB for text?

Black text on #EE83FB has a contrast ratio of 9.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.26:1.