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#E166FD — Light Vivid Purple

#E166FD 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 #E166FD 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.

#E166FD is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. 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 #84FD68; it also sits naturally between #9768FD and #FD68CE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E166FD · RGB 225, 102, 253

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Color values

HEX#E166FD
RGB225, 102, 253
HSL289°, 97%, 70%
HSV289°, 60%, 99%
CMYK11%, 60%, 0%, 1%
XYZ53.53, 32.60, 96.40
Yxy32.60, 0.2933, 0.1786
CIE-Lab63.84, 68.79, -54.39
Hunter Lab57.10, 71.60, -65.67

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 88% · Green 40% · Blue 99%

Cyan 11% · Magenta 60% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E166FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E166FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E166FD

.text { color: #E166FD; }
.background { background-color: #E166FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E166FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(225, 102, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(289, 97%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E166FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(225, 102, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E166FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(225, 102, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E166FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E166FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E166FD

#DB45FC#D527FC#CE04FB#B503DD#9803BA#7B0297#630279#460155#2D0137#100014

Tints of #E166FD

#E477FD#E681FD#E990FD#EB9BFD#EEAAFE#F1B9FE#F3C3FE#F6D2FE#F8DCFE#FBEBFF

Tones of #E166FD

#DB73F2#D47EE7#CD88DD#C792D3#C09DC8#B9A8BD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #84FD68:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.79:1 Fails
Against black text7.52:1 AAA

Best text color on #E166FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E166FD

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 #E166FD: ·

How #E166FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ACABD8Deuteranopia · #B3BCD0Tritanopia · #DBBCB5

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 #E166FD rather than the exact color:

Palette 332fd0
#332FD0 · #9254C8 · #E15FED · #6EDCD9
Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Hidden Ruby Aurora
#D770EF · #E559BE · #E36C8B · #D03C16
Velvet Ruby Marble
#134FA9 · #4D1CE5 · #DA5AEC · #F4A0C9
Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Lucky Aurora
#8F53E3 · #DC53F1 · #EC4CB9 · #E31847

Similar colors

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

#E15FED#E173EE#D770EF#DA5AEC#F36FF2#DC53F1#D67BFF#DF4EF9#CF6BED#E26EE5#D86CE6#CE6EEC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E166FC  ·  #E166FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E166FD?

#E166FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 225, 102, 253). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E166FD?

#E166FD is RGB 225, 102, 253 — HSL 289°, 97%, 70% — CMYK 11%, 60%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #E166FD?

Its complement is #84FD68; analogous partners are #9768FD and #FD68CE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E166FD for text?

Black text on #E166FD has a contrast ratio of 7.52:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.79:1.