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#EE5CEF

#EE5CEF is a light, vivid pink, close to the color Heliotrope. In RGB it’s made of 93.3% red, 36.1% green, and 93.7% blue. Its hue is 300°, with 82% saturation and 65% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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This color as text on black

7.41:1 AAA

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #EE5CEF as they’d see it.

Typical vision#EE5CEF
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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What color is #EE5CEF?

#EE5CEF is a light, vivid pink, close to the color Heliotrope. In RGB it’s made of 93.3% red, 36.1% green, and 93.7% blue. Its hue is 300°, with 82% saturation and 65% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #EE5CEF in RGB?

#EE5CEF is rgb(238, 92, 239): 238 red, 92 green, and 239 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #EE5CEF in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(0, 62, 0, 6). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #EE5CEF?

PANTONE Purple C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #EE5CEF?

Its complement #23B130 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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