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#FF99EC — Light Vivid Pink

#FF99EC 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 #FF99EC 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.

#FF99EC is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #99FFAC; it also sits naturally between #DF99FF and #FF99B9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FF99EC · RGB 255, 153, 236

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Color values

HEX#FF99EC
RGB255, 153, 236
HSL311°, 100%, 80%
HSV311°, 40%, 100%
CMYK0%, 40%, 7%, 0%
XYZ67.77, 50.10, 85.45
Yxy50.10, 0.3333, 0.2464
CIE-Lab76.13, 49.58, -25.64
Hunter Lab70.78, 51.63, -26.88

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 60% · Blue 93%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 40% · Yellow 7% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FF99EC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FF99EC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FF99EC

.text { color: #FF99EC; }
.background { background-color: #FF99EC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FF99EC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 153, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(311, 100%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FF99EC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 153, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FF99EC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 153, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FF99EC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FF99EC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FF99EC

#FF70E5#FF4DDE#FF24D7#FF00D0#D600AF#AD008E#8A0070#61004F#3D0032#140011

Tints of #FF99EC

#FFA3EE#FFA8EF#FFB3F1#FFB8F2#FFC2F4#FFCCF6#FFD1F7#FFDBF8#FFE0F9#FFEBFB

Tones of #FF99EC

#F8A0E8#F0A8E3#E9AFDE#E2B6DA#DBBDD5#D3C5D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #99FFAC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.91:1 Fails
Against black text11.02:1 AAA

Best text color on #FF99EC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FF99EC

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 #FF99EC: ·

How #FF99EC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D3D2D8Deuteranopia · #D9E0D3Tritanopia · #FAC8C5

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 · #D946EFBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FF99EC rather than the exact color:

Palette E25d4e
#E25D4E · #A93545 · #D9528B · #FF92E8
Palette 7effdb
#7EFFDB · #B693FE · #8C82FC · #FF9DE2
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Amber Ruby Drift
#0B840D · #2FED51 · #EC24E9 · #F2A4EA
Scarlet Summit
#0D8A24 · #70F284 · #EE49D0 · #EF95E5
Palette 27e1ce
#27E1CE · #EFFFB7 · #D6EC78 · #FF98DA

Similar colors

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

#FF92E8#FF9DE2#FFA1F5#F2A4EA#EF95E5#FF98DA#EEA1ED#FFA3FD#FFA6FB#EC9EEF#EB98EB#FFADEE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FF99EB  ·  #FF99ED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FF99EC?

#FF99EC is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 255, 153, 236). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FF99EC?

#FF99EC is RGB 255, 153, 236 — HSL 311°, 100%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 40%, 7%, 0%.

What colors go with #FF99EC?

Its complement is #99FFAC; analogous partners are #DF99FF and #FF99B9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FF99EC for text?

Black text on #FF99EC has a contrast ratio of 11.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.91:1.