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#EF80EF — Light Vivid Pink

#EF80EF 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 #EF80EF 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.

#EF80EF 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 #80EF80; it also sits naturally between #B880EF and #EF80B8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EF80EF · RGB 239, 128, 239

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Color values

HEX#EF80EF
RGB239, 128, 239
HSL300°, 78%, 72%
HSV300°, 46%, 94%
CMYK0%, 46%, 0%, 6%
XYZ58.90, 40.02, 86.28
Yxy40.02, 0.3180, 0.2161
CIE-Lab69.48, 57.80, -37.69
Hunter Lab63.26, 59.79, -41.56

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 50% · Blue 94%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #EF80EF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EF80EF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EF80EF

.text { color: #EF80EF; }
.background { background-color: #EF80EF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EF80EF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 128, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 78%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EF80EF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 128, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EF80EF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 128, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EF80EF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EF80EF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EF80EF

#EB60EB#E740E7#E425E4#CC19CC#AC15AC#8D118D#6D0D6D#520A52#320632#120212

Tints of #EF80EF

#F089F0#F297F2#F3A0F3#F5ADF5#F6B6F6#F7BFF7#F9CDF9#FAD6FA#FCE4FC#FDEDFD

Tones of #EF80EF

#E788E7#E090E0#D897D8#CFA0CF#C7A8C7#BFB0BF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #80EF80:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.33:1 Fails
Against black text9.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #EF80EF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EF80EF

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 #EF80EF: ·

How #EF80EF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BFBED4Deuteranopia · #C5CECETritanopia · #E9BFBA

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 #EF80EF rather than the exact color:

Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Crimson Ruby Harbor
#6E197A · #E57FE3 · #6FDE60 · #C4EAB5
Wild Saffron
#EE8EE8 · #E22C6A · #E99D84 · #E9D777
Mellow Ruby Aurora
#E882E1 · #D147C8 · #8A1982 · #661961
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#E57FE3#EE8EE8#E882E1#F36FF2#DD85F0#E173EE#DC84F3#E384FF#FF7EE2#EF90E1#EB92FB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EF80EE  ·  #EF80F0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EF80EF?

#EF80EF is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 239, 128, 239). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EF80EF?

#EF80EF is RGB 239, 128, 239 — HSL 300°, 78%, 72% — CMYK 0%, 46%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #EF80EF?

Its complement is #80EF80; analogous partners are #B880EF and #EF80B8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EF80EF for text?

Black text on #EF80EF has a contrast ratio of 9.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.33:1.