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#FD72FD — Light Vivid Pink

#FD72FD 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 #FD72FD 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.

#FD72FD 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 #72FD72; it also sits naturally between #B872FD and #FD72B8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FD72FD · RGB 253, 114, 253

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Color values

HEX#FD72FD
RGB253, 114, 253
HSL300°, 97%, 72%
HSV300°, 55%, 99%
CMYK0%, 55%, 0%, 1%
XYZ64.25, 40.01, 97.26
Yxy40.01, 0.3188, 0.1985
CIE-Lab69.48, 70.40, -45.24
Hunter Lab63.25, 75.19, -52.27

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 45% · Blue 99%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #FD72FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FD72FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FD72FD

.text { color: #FD72FD; }
.background { background-color: #FD72FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FD72FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 114, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 97%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FD72FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 114, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FD72FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 114, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FD72FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FD72FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FD72FD

#FC4FFC#FC2CFC#FB0EFB#E203E2#BF03BF#9C029C#790279#5A015A#370137#140014

Tints of #FD72FD

#FD7CFD#FD8BFD#FD96FD#FEA5FE#FEAFFE#FEB9FE#FEC8FE#FED2FE#FFE1FF#FFEBFF

Tones of #FD72FD

#F37CF3#E986E9#DF90DF#D69AD6#CCA4CC#C2AEC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #72FD72:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #FD72FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FD72FD

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 #FD72FD: ·

How #FD72FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C1C0DBDeuteranopia · #C9D3D3Tritanopia · #F6C1BB

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FD72FD rather than the exact color:

Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Palette Ffea6c
#FFEA6C · #FFFBA7 · #FFA6FB · #FF61F8
Palette E9ff97
#E9FF97 · #FFD18E · #FFA38F · #FF7EE2
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Tranquil Dusk
#082028 · #F856F0 · #FA3552 · #FA2635
Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD

Similar colors

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

#F36FF2#FF61F8#FF7EE2#E57AEB#F856F0#E384FF#E173EE#EE6CDD#E26EE5#EB92FB#E15FED#E072E5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FD72FC  ·  #FD72FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FD72FD?

#FD72FD is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 253, 114, 253). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FD72FD?

#FD72FD is RGB 253, 114, 253 — HSL 300°, 97%, 72% — CMYK 0%, 55%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #FD72FD?

Its complement is #72FD72; analogous partners are #B872FD and #FD72B8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FD72FD for text?

Black text on #FD72FD has a contrast ratio of 9.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.33:1.