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#F280FF — Light Vivid Pink

#F280FF 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 #F280FF 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.

#F280FF is a cool 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 #8CFF80; it also sits naturally between #B380FF and #FF80CC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F280FF · RGB 242, 128, 255

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Color values

HEX#F280FF
RGB242, 128, 255
HSL294°, 100%, 75%
HSV294°, 50%, 100%
CMYK5%, 50%, 0%, 0%
XYZ62.39, 41.54, 99.34
Yxy41.54, 0.3069, 0.2043
CIE-Lab70.55, 61.47, -44.75
Hunter Lab64.45, 64.46, -51.69

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 50% · Blue 100%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 50% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F280FF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F280FF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F280FF

.text { color: #F280FF; }
.background { background-color: #F280FF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F280FF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(242, 128, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(294, 100%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F280FF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(242, 128, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F280FF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(242, 128, 255, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F280FF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F280FF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F280FF

#EF5CFF#EB38FF#E814FF#D800F0#B800CC#9300A3#730080#53005C#320038#120014

Tints of #F280FF

#F38AFF#F494FF#F59EFF#F6A8FF#F8B8FF#F9C2FF#FACCFF#FBD6FF#FCE0FF#FDEBFF

Tones of #F280FF

#EB88F6#E392ED#DC9BE4#D5A4DB#CEADD2#C6B6C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8CFF80:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.26:1 Fails
Against black text9.31:1 AAA

Best text color on #F280FF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F280FF

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 #F280FF: ·

How #F280FF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C1C0E0Deuteranopia · #C7D0D9Tritanopia · #ECC8C3

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #F280FF rather than the exact color:

Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD
Palette 4b4c7a
#4B4C7A · #EB92FB · #C855BC · #A03271
Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
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:

#E384FF#EB92FB#F36FF2#E57AEB#DC84F3#DD85F0#EE8EE8#E173EE#D67BFF#E49BFF#DC95FF#E57FE3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F280FE  ·  #F28100 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F280FF?

#F280FF is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 242, 128, 255). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F280FF?

#F280FF is RGB 242, 128, 255 — HSL 294°, 100%, 75% — CMYK 5%, 50%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #F280FF?

Its complement is #8CFF80; analogous partners are #B380FF and #FF80CC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F280FF for text?

Black text on #F280FF has a contrast ratio of 9.31:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.26:1.