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#EE90EA — Light Pink

#EE90EA 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 #EE90EA 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.

#EE90EA 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 #91EE95; it also sits naturally between #C491EE and #EE91BB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EE90EA · RGB 238, 144, 234

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Color values

HEX#EE90EA
RGB238, 144, 234
HSL303°, 73%, 75%
HSV303°, 39%, 93%
CMYK0%, 39%, 2%, 7%
XYZ60.08, 44.06, 83.18
Yxy44.06, 0.3207, 0.2352
CIE-Lab72.27, 48.64, -30.64
Hunter Lab66.38, 49.73, -32.65

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 56% · Blue 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 39% · Yellow 2% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EE90EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EE90EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EE90EA

.text { color: #EE90EA; }
.background { background-color: #EE90EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EE90EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 144, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(303, 73%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EE90EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 144, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EE90EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 144, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EE90EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EE90EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EE90EA

#E972E3#E453DD#DF34D7#CF20C7#B01CA9#8D1687#6E116A#4F0C4C#31082E#120311

Tints of #EE90EA

#EF9AEB#F1A2ED#F2ABEE#F3B4F0#F5C1F3#F7CAF5#F8D3F6#F9DCF8#FBE5FA#FCEDFC

Tones of #EE90EA

#E797E3#E09EDD#DAA4D7#D3ABD1#CDB2CB#C6B9C5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #91EE95:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.14:1 Fails
Against black text9.81:1 AAA

Best text color on #EE90EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EE90EA

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 #EE90EA: ·

How #EE90EA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C4D4Deuteranopia · #CBD2CFTritanopia · #E9C3BF

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 · #A855F7Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EE90EA rather than the exact color:

Wild Saffron
#EE8EE8 · #E22C6A · #E99D84 · #E9D777
Scarlet Summit
#0D8A24 · #70F284 · #EE49D0 · #EF95E5
Dusty Ruby Saffron
#28AC15 · #9EEE74 · #D754EA · #EB98EB
Scarlet Solace
#EF90E1 · #D921BE · #9E1A8B · #490D40
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E59BE9 · #D862BC · #8644A2
Gentle Ruby Whisper
#179721 · #40E241 · #E65BDB · #EA9EE9

Similar colors

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

#EE8EE8#EF95E5#EB98EB#EF90E1#E59BE9#EA9EE9#EC9EEF#FF92E8#EEA1ED#EB92FB#E882E1#E99DF6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EE90E9  ·  #EE90EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EE90EA?

#EE90EA is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 238, 144, 234). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EE90EA?

#EE90EA is RGB 238, 144, 234 — HSL 303°, 73%, 75% — CMYK 0%, 39%, 2%, 7%.

What colors go with #EE90EA?

Its complement is #91EE95; analogous partners are #C491EE and #EE91BB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EE90EA for text?

Black text on #EE90EA has a contrast ratio of 9.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.14:1.