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#EF4E7A — Vivid Pink

#EF4E7A is a pink color we call Vivid Pink, closest to the named color PaleVioletRed (#DB7093). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palevioletred (#DB7093) — not an exact match. CSS palevioletred gives you #DB7093, a different color; use #EF4E7A 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.

#EF4E7A 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 #4EEFC4; it also sits naturally between #EF4EC9 and #EF734E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EF4E7A · RGB 239, 78, 122

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Color values

HEX#EF4E7A
RGB239, 78, 122
HSL344°, 83%, 62%
HSV344°, 67%, 94%
CMYK0%, 67%, 49%, 6%
XYZ41.83, 25.20, 21.07
Yxy25.20, 0.4748, 0.2861
CIE-Lab57.27, 64.50, 10.65
Hunter Lab50.20, 64.57, 7.81

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 31% · Blue 48%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 49% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EF4E7A on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EF4E7A on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EF4E7A

.text { color: #EF4E7A; }
.background { background-color: #EF4E7A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EF4E7A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 78, 122); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(344, 83%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EF4E7A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 78, 122, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EF4E7A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 78, 122, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EF4E7A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EF4E7A">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EF4E7A

#EC3263#E9164E#D21446#B6113D#9A0E34#7E0C2A#620921#4B0719#2F0410#130206

Tints of #EF4E7A

#F05C83#F26E91#F37C9C#F58FAA#F69DB5#F7ABBF#F9BECD#FACCD8#FCDEE6#FDECF1

Tones of #EF4E7A

#E3597E#D76583#CC7189#C17B8E#B58793#AA9299

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4EEFC4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.48:1 AA large only
Against black text6.04:1 AA

Best text color on #EF4E7A: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EF4E7A

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 #EF4E7A: ·

How #EF4E7A looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A9A86FDeuteranopia · #B3BF6DTritanopia · #E76765

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 rose 500 · #F43F5ETailwind pink 600 · #DB2777

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EF4E7A rather than the exact color:

Velvet Cinder
#AA1546 · #E94880 · #22E4A4 · #AAEFE5
Velvet Harbor
#1B180B · #FA4C7A · #1340FA · #DB13FA
Palette C5f0a4
#C5F0A4 · #35B0AB · #226B80 · #F34573
Palette Ffbe98
#FFBE98 · #F05A7E · #125B9A · #0B8494
Palette Dc143c
#DC143C · #F75270 · #F7CAC9 · #FDEBD0
Frozen Aurora
#0F0927 · #1CF7DC · #FA41C5 · #FB557B

Similar colors

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

#E94880#FA4C7A#F34573#F05A7E#F75270#FB557B#F25287#EE5B81#FC477D#EB586F#FE4A7D#EF5A6F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EF4E79  ·  #EF4E7B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EF4E7A?

#EF4E7A is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 239, 78, 122). Its closest standard named color is PaleVioletRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EF4E7A?

#EF4E7A is RGB 239, 78, 122 — HSL 344°, 83%, 62% — CMYK 0%, 67%, 49%, 6%.

What colors go with #EF4E7A?

Its complement is #4EEFC4; analogous partners are #EF4EC9 and #EF734E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EF4E7A for text?

Black text on #EF4E7A has a contrast ratio of 6.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.48:1.