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#FC73EB — Light Vivid Pink

#FC73EB 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 #FC73EB 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.

#FC73EB 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 #73FC83; it also sits naturally between #C873FC and #FC73A8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FC73EB · RGB 252, 115, 235

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Color values

HEX#FC73EB
RGB252, 115, 235
HSL307°, 96%, 72%
HSV307°, 54%, 99%
CMYK0%, 54%, 7%, 1%
XYZ61.27, 38.96, 82.89
Yxy38.96, 0.3346, 0.2127
CIE-Lab68.72, 66.76, -36.55
Hunter Lab62.41, 70.44, -39.92

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 45% · Blue 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 54% · Yellow 7% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FC73EB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FC73EB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FC73EB

.text { color: #FC73EB; }
.background { background-color: #FC73EB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FC73EB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 115, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(307, 96%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FC73EB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 115, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FC73EB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 115, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FC73EB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FC73EB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FC73EB

#FB50E7#FB2DE3#FA0FDF#E105C7#BE04A8#9B0389#78026A#5A0250#370131#140012

Tints of #FC73EB

#FC7DED#FD8CF0#FD96F1#FDA5F3#FDAFF4#FEB9F6#FEC8F8#FED2F9#FEE1FB#FFEBFC

Tones of #FC73EB

#F27DE4#E986DD#DF90D6#D59ACE#CBA4C6#C2AEBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #73FC83:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.39:1 Fails
Against black text8.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #FC73EB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FC73EB

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 #FC73EB: ·

How #FC73EB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C1BFCEDeuteranopia · #C9D3C7Tritanopia · #F5B7B2

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 #FC73EB rather than the exact color:

Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Palette E9ff97
#E9FF97 · #FFD18E · #FFA38F · #FF7EE2
Burning Ruby Whisper
#A41376 · #EE6CDD · #19D655 · #A8EFB4
Palette Ffea6c
#FFEA6C · #FFFBA7 · #FFA6FB · #FF61F8
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Palette 6420aa
#6420AA · #FF3EA5 · #FF7ED4 · #FFB5DA

Similar colors

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

#F36FF2#FF7EE2#EE6CDD#FF61F8#E57AEB#FF7ED4#E882E1#FE81D4#E57FE3#E26EE5#E173EE#E072E5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FC73EA  ·  #FC73EC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FC73EB?

#FC73EB is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 252, 115, 235). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FC73EB?

#FC73EB is RGB 252, 115, 235 — HSL 307°, 96%, 72% — CMYK 0%, 54%, 7%, 1%.

What colors go with #FC73EB?

Its complement is #73FC83; analogous partners are #C873FC and #FC73A8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FC73EB for text?

Black text on #FC73EB has a contrast ratio of 8.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.39:1.