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#E170FA — Light Vivid Purple

#E170FA 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 #E170FA 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.

#E170FA 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 #89FA70; it also sits naturally between #9C70FA and #FA70CE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E170FA · RGB 225, 112, 250

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Color values

HEX#E170FA
RGB225, 112, 250
HSL289°, 93%, 71%
HSV289°, 55%, 98%
CMYK10%, 55%, 0%, 2%
XYZ54.10, 34.50, 94.25
Yxy34.50, 0.2959, 0.1887
CIE-Lab65.36, 63.70, -50.34
Hunter Lab58.74, 65.80, -59.42

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 88% · Green 44% · Blue 98%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 55% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E170FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E170FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E170FA

.text { color: #E170FA; }
.background { background-color: #E170FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E170FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(225, 112, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(289, 93%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E170FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(225, 112, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E170FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(225, 112, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E170FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E170FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E170FA

#D94EF9#D330F8#CC0EF6#B208D9#9A07BB#7E0699#610476#450354#2D0236#100114

Tints of #E170FA

#E47FFA#E689FB#E998FB#EBA1FC#EEB0FC#F0BAFD#F3C9FD#F6D3FD#F9E1FE#FBEBFE

Tones of #E170FA

#DB7AF0#D484E6#CE8EDC#C897D3#C2A1C9#BBABBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #89FA70:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.66:1 Fails
Against black text7.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #E170FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E170FA

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 #E170FA: ·

How #E170FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B0AFD9Deuteranopia · #B7BFD1Tritanopia · #DBBEB8

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 #E170FA rather than the exact color:

Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Hidden Ruby Aurora
#D770EF · #E559BE · #E36C8B · #D03C16
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Scarlet Ruby Drift
#921EC1 · #D777EA · #6CE13D · #CEF0BB

Similar colors

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

#E173EE#D770EF#D67BFF#E57AEB#F36FF2#D777EA#E384FF#E072E5#E26EE5#D276EC#E15FED#DC84F3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E170F9  ·  #E170FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E170FA?

#E170FA is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 225, 112, 250). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E170FA?

#E170FA is RGB 225, 112, 250 — HSL 289°, 93%, 71% — CMYK 10%, 55%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #E170FA?

Its complement is #89FA70; analogous partners are #9C70FA and #FA70CE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E170FA for text?

Black text on #E170FA has a contrast ratio of 7.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.66:1.