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#EF76BC — Light Vivid Pink

#EF76BC is a pink color we call Light Vivid Pink, closest to the named color HotPink (#FF69B4). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: hotpink (#FF69B4) — not an exact match. CSS hotpink gives you #FF69B4, a different color; use #EF76BC 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.

#EF76BC 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 #76EFA8; it also sits naturally between #E576EF and #EF7680. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EF76BC · RGB 239, 118, 188

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Color values

HEX#EF76BC
RGB239, 118, 188
HSL325°, 79%, 70%
HSV325°, 51%, 94%
CMYK0%, 51%, 21%, 6%
XYZ51.15, 34.94, 51.62
Yxy34.94, 0.3714, 0.2537
CIE-Lab65.70, 54.55, -15.09
Hunter Lab59.11, 55.05, -14.15

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 46% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 51% · Yellow 21% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EF76BC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EF76BC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EF76BC

.text { color: #EF76BC; }
.background { background-color: #EF76BC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EF76BC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 118, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(325, 79%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EF76BC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 118, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EF76BC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 118, 188, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EF76BC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EF76BC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EF76BC

#EB56AD#E83BA0#E41B90#C9187F#A9146B#891057#6E0D45#4E0931#320620#12020C

Tints of #EF76BC

#F184C3#F28DC8#F39BCE#F4A4D3#F6B1D9#F8BFE0#F9C8E4#FAD6EB#FBDFF0#FDEDF6

Tones of #EF76BC

#E77EBB#DD88BA#D590B8#CD98B7#C4A1B5#BBAAB4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #76EFA8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.63:1 Fails
Against black text7.99:1 AAA

Best text color on #EF76BC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EF76BC

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 #EF76BC: ·

How #EF76BC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BBBAABDeuteranopia · #C2CBA7Tritanopia · #E99E9B

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 fuchsia 500 · #D946EFMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EF76BC rather than the exact color:

Palette 10439f
#10439F · #874CCC · #C65BCF · #F27BBD
Palette 0e21a0
#0E21A0 · #4D2FB2 · #B153D7 · #F375C2
Palette F1e290
#F1E290 · #F677C1 · #9B3284 · #690074
Frozen Ruby Twilight
#4F16AC · #D630E5 · #ED6EB4 · #F29A9C
Golden Ruby Saffron
#BE2254 · #E672B3 · #26D49C · #C2EFE7
Palette F075ae
#F075AE · #F7DB91 · #FFFDCE · #9BC264

Similar colors

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

#F27BBD#F375C2#F677C1#ED6EB4#E672B3#F075AE#F26ECA#E178C5#FF77B7#FF70BF#E07FBD#E675AD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EF76BB  ·  #EF76BD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EF76BC?

#EF76BC is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 239, 118, 188). Its closest standard named color is HotPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EF76BC?

#EF76BC is RGB 239, 118, 188 — HSL 325°, 79%, 70% — CMYK 0%, 51%, 21%, 6%.

What colors go with #EF76BC?

Its complement is #76EFA8; analogous partners are #E576EF and #EF7680. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EF76BC for text?

Black text on #EF76BC has a contrast ratio of 7.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.63:1.