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#E094FA — Light Vivid Purple

#E094FA is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: violet (#EE82EE) — not an exact match. CSS violet gives you #EE82EE, a different color; use #E094FA 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.

#E094FA is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ADFA94; it also sits naturally between #AD94FA and #FA94E0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E094FA · RGB 224, 148, 250

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Color values

HEX#E094FA
RGB224, 148, 250
HSL285°, 91%, 78%
HSV285°, 41%, 98%
CMYK10%, 41%, 0%, 2%
XYZ58.59, 43.93, 95.83
Yxy43.93, 0.2954, 0.2215
CIE-Lab72.18, 45.43, -39.63
Hunter Lab66.28, 46.05, -44.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 88% · Green 58% · Blue 98%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 41% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E094FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E094FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E094FA

.text { color: #E094FA; }
.background { background-color: #E094FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E094FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(224, 148, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(285, 91%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E094FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(224, 148, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E094FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(224, 148, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E094FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E094FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E094FA

#D772F8#CC4BF7#C229F5#B20BEA#9809C8#7E08A6#60067F#46045D#290336#0F0113

Tints of #E094FA

#E39EFA#E6A7FB#E7ACFB#EAB6FC#EDC0FC#F0C9FC#F2D3FD#F4D8FD#F7E2FE#F9ECFE

Tones of #E094FA

#DD9BF3#D9A2EB#D5AAE4#D2B1DD#CEB8D5#CBC0CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADFA94:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.15:1 Fails
Against black text9.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #E094FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E094FA

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 #E094FA: ·

How #E094FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BFBEE1Deuteranopia · #C4C9DBTritanopia · #DCCECA

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E094FA rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
Palette 850f8d
#850F8D · #C738BD · #E49BFF · #F8F9D7
Palette 4b4c7a
#4B4C7A · #EB92FB · #C855BC · #A03271
Palette Bedcfa
#BEDCFA · #98ACF8 · #B088F9 · #DA9FF9
Hidden Voyage
#12BDA3 · #2283EA · #7559EF · #E99DF6
Palette 8ef6e4
#8EF6E4 · #9896F1 · #D59BF6 · #EDB1F1

Similar colors

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

#DC95FF#E49BFF#EB92FB#DA9FF9#E99DF6#D59BF6#D195F9#D78FEE#E384FF#DC84F3#DD85F0#EB98EB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E094F9  ·  #E094FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E094FA?

#E094FA is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 224, 148, 250). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E094FA?

#E094FA is RGB 224, 148, 250 — HSL 285°, 91%, 78% — CMYK 10%, 41%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #E094FA?

Its complement is #ADFA94; analogous partners are #AD94FA and #FA94E0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E094FA for text?

Black text on #E094FA has a contrast ratio of 9.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.15:1.