Color specimenNo. 15485081

#EC4899

Bright Pink

A deterministic reference card for #EC4899. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
236, 72, 153
HSL
330°, 81%, 60%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · pink

tailwind · pink 500

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-pink-500, text-pink-500, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · pink

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Class name
pink-500
Hex
#EC4899
Closest CSS named color
hotpink
Full color breakdown
/color/ec4899

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #EC4899 as the text color.

3.53:1
AA failAAA failLarge pass

Rating · AA Large

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #EC4899 as the text color.

5.95:1
AA passAAA failLarge pass

Rating · AA

Recommendation

When using #EC4899 as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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