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#EF8AEC — Light Pink

#EF8AEC is a pink color we call Light 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 #EF8AEC 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.

#EF8AEC 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 #8AEF8E; it also sits naturally between #C08AEF and #EF8AB9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EF8AEC · RGB 239, 138, 236

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Color values

HEX#EF8AEC
RGB239, 138, 236
HSL302°, 76%, 74%
HSV302°, 42%, 94%
CMYK0%, 42%, 1%, 6%
XYZ59.83, 42.58, 84.42
Yxy42.58, 0.3202, 0.2279
CIE-Lab71.27, 52.33, -33.27
Hunter Lab65.26, 53.77, -35.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 54% · Blue 93%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 42% · Yellow 1% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EF8AEC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EF8AEC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EF8AEC

.text { color: #EF8AEC; }
.background { background-color: #EF8AEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EF8AEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 138, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(302, 76%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EF8AEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 138, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EF8AEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 138, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EF8AEC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EF8AEC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EF8AEC

#EB6BE7#E74BE1#E22CDC#CE1CC9#AF18AA#90148B#700F6D#510B4E#310730#120211

Tints of #EF8AEC

#F093ED#F29CEF#F3AAF1#F5B3F2#F6BCF4#F7C5F5#F8CEF7#FADBF9#FBE4FB#FDEDFC

Tones of #EF8AEC

#E892E5#E199DE#D9A0D7#D3A7D1#CBAECA#C4B5C4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8AEF8E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.21:1 Fails
Against black text9.52:1 AAA

Best text color on #EF8AEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EF8AEC

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 #EF8AEC: ·

How #EF8AEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C3C2D4Deuteranopia · #C9D1CFTritanopia · #EAC2BD

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 #EF8AEC rather than the exact color:

Wild Saffron
#EE8EE8 · #E22C6A · #E99D84 · #E9D777
Scarlet Solace
#EF90E1 · #D921BE · #9E1A8B · #490D40
Scarlet Summit
#0D8A24 · #70F284 · #EE49D0 · #EF95E5
Dusty Ruby Saffron
#28AC15 · #9EEE74 · #D754EA · #EB98EB
Mellow Ruby Aurora
#E882E1 · #D147C8 · #8A1982 · #661961
Crimson Ruby Harbor
#6E197A · #E57FE3 · #6FDE60 · #C4EAB5

Similar colors

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

#EE8EE8#EF90E1#EF95E5#EB98EB#E882E1#E57FE3#EB92FB#FF92E8#E57AEB#DD85F0#E59BE9#EC9EEF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EF8AEB  ·  #EF8AED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EF8AEC?

#EF8AEC is Light Pink, a pink color (RGB 239, 138, 236). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EF8AEC?

#EF8AEC is RGB 239, 138, 236 — HSL 302°, 76%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 42%, 1%, 6%.

What colors go with #EF8AEC?

Its complement is #8AEF8E; analogous partners are #C08AEF and #EF8AB9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EF8AEC for text?

Black text on #EF8AEC has a contrast ratio of 9.52:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.21:1.