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#EF80ED — Light Vivid Pink

#EF80ED 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 #EF80ED 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.

#EF80ED 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 #80EF82; it also sits naturally between #B980EF and #EF80B6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EF80ED · RGB 239, 128, 237

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Color values

HEX#EF80ED
RGB239, 128, 237
HSL301°, 78%, 72%
HSV301°, 46%, 94%
CMYK0%, 46%, 1%, 6%
XYZ58.60, 39.90, 84.73
Yxy39.90, 0.3198, 0.2178
CIE-Lab69.40, 57.45, -36.72
Hunter Lab63.17, 59.35, -40.24

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 50% · Blue 93%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 46% · Yellow 1% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EF80ED on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EF80ED on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EF80ED

.text { color: #EF80ED; }
.background { background-color: #EF80ED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EF80ED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 128, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(301, 78%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EF80ED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 128, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EF80ED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 128, 237, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EF80ED">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EF80ED">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EF80ED

#EB60E9#E740E5#E425E1#CC19C9#AC15AA#8D118B#6D0D6B#520A51#320631#120212

Tints of #EF80ED

#F089EF#F297F1#F3A0F2#F5ADF4#F6B6F5#F7BFF6#F9CDF8#FAD6F9#FCE4FB#FDEDFC

Tones of #EF80ED

#E788E6#E090DE#D897D7#CFA0CE#C7A8C7#BFB0BF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #80EF82:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.34:1 Fails
Against black text8.98:1 AAA

Best text color on #EF80ED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EF80ED

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 #EF80ED: ·

How #EF80ED looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BFBED3Deuteranopia · #C5CECCTritanopia · #E9BEB9

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 pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EF80ED rather than the exact color:

Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Mellow Ruby Aurora
#E882E1 · #D147C8 · #8A1982 · #661961
Crimson Ruby Harbor
#6E197A · #E57FE3 · #6FDE60 · #C4EAB5
Wild Saffron
#EE8EE8 · #E22C6A · #E99D84 · #E9D777
Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Vivid Ruby Lagoon
#DD85F0 · #D066E6 · #B927D8 · #530F61

Similar colors

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

#E57AEB#E882E1#E57FE3#EE8EE8#F36FF2#DD85F0#E173EE#FF7EE2#EF90E1#DC84F3#E384FF#E072E5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EF80EC  ·  #EF80EE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EF80ED?

#EF80ED is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 239, 128, 237). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EF80ED?

#EF80ED is RGB 239, 128, 237 — HSL 301°, 78%, 72% — CMYK 0%, 46%, 1%, 6%.

What colors go with #EF80ED?

Its complement is #80EF82; analogous partners are #B980EF and #EF80B6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EF80ED for text?

Black text on #EF80ED has a contrast ratio of 8.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.34:1.