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#FD72EA — Light Vivid Pink

#FD72EA 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 #FD72EA 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.

#FD72EA 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 #72FD85; it also sits naturally between #CA72FD and #FD72A5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FD72EA · RGB 253, 114, 234

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Color values

HEX#FD72EA
RGB253, 114, 234
HSL308°, 97%, 72%
HSV308°, 55%, 99%
CMYK0%, 55%, 8%, 1%
XYZ61.38, 38.86, 82.11
Yxy38.86, 0.3366, 0.2131
CIE-Lab68.65, 67.31, -36.10
Hunter Lab62.34, 71.11, -39.31

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 45% · Blue 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 55% · Yellow 8% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FD72EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FD72EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FD72EA

.text { color: #FD72EA; }
.background { background-color: #FD72EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FD72EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 114, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(308, 97%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FD72EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 114, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FD72EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 114, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FD72EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FD72EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FD72EA

#FC4FE5#FC2CE0#FB0EDC#E203C4#BF03A6#9C0287#790269#5A014F#370130#140011

Tints of #FD72EA

#FD7CEC#FD8BEE#FD96F0#FEA5F2#FEAFF3#FEB9F5#FEC8F7#FED2F8#FFE1FB#FFEBFC

Tones of #FD72EA

#F37CE3#E986DC#DF90D4#D69ACE#CCA4C6#C2AEBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #72FD85:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.39:1 Fails
Against black text8.77:1 AAA

Best text color on #FD72EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FD72EA

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 #FD72EA: ·

How #FD72EA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C1C0CDDeuteranopia · #C9D3C6Tritanopia · #F6B6B1

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 #FD72EA 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
Palette 6420aa
#6420AA · #FF3EA5 · #FF7ED4 · #FFB5DA
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234

Similar colors

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

#F36FF2#FF7EE2#EE6CDD#FF61F8#FF7ED4#E57AEB#FE81D4#E26EE5#E882E1#E57FE3#F26BD1#E173EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FD72E9  ·  #FD72EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FD72EA?

#FD72EA is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 253, 114, 234). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FD72EA?

#FD72EA is RGB 253, 114, 234 — HSL 308°, 97%, 72% — CMYK 0%, 55%, 8%, 1%.

What colors go with #FD72EA?

Its complement is #72FD85; analogous partners are #CA72FD and #FD72A5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FD72EA for text?

Black text on #FD72EA has a contrast ratio of 8.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.39:1.