Palettes / Colors / #EEAEEE

#EEAEEE — Light Pink

#EEAEEE is a pink color we call Light Pink, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the pink family.

#EEAEEE is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AFEEAF; it also sits naturally between #CFAFEE and #EEAFCF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 68% · Blue 93%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 27% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEAEEE

.text { color: #EEAEEE; }
.background { background-color: #EEAEEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEAEEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 174, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 65%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEAEEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 174, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEAEEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 174, 238, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEAEEE

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Tones of #EEAEEE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFEEAF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEAEEE: #000000.

How #EEAEEE looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEAEED  ·  #EEAEEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEAEEE?

#EEAEEE is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 238, 174, 238). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEAEEE?

#EEAEEE is RGB 238, 174, 238 — HSL 300°, 65%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEAEEE?

Its complement is #AFEEAF; analogous partners are #CFAFEE and #EEAFCF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEAEEE for text?

Black text on #EEAEEE has a contrast ratio of 11.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.76:1.