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#E271FE — Light Vivid Purple

#E271FE 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 #E271FE 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.

#E271FE 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 #8DFE71; it also sits naturally between #9B71FE and #FE71D4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E271FE · RGB 226, 113, 254

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Color values

HEX#E271FE
RGB226, 113, 254
HSL288°, 99%, 72%
HSV288°, 56%, 100%
CMYK11%, 56%, 0%, 0%
XYZ55.16, 35.13, 97.64
Yxy35.13, 0.2935, 0.1870
CIE-Lab65.85, 64.24, -51.74
Hunter Lab59.27, 66.58, -61.68

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 44% · Blue 100%

Cyan 11% · Magenta 56% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E271FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E271FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E271FE

.text { color: #E271FE; }
.background { background-color: #E271FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E271FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 113, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(288, 99%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E271FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 113, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E271FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 113, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E271FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E271FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E271FE

#DB4DFE#D42AFE#CD0BFE#B701E4#9A01C1#7E019D#62017A#49005B#2D0038#100014

Tints of #E271FE

#E47BFE#E78AFE#E994FE#ECA4FF#EEAEFF#F1B8FF#F4C7FF#F6D1FF#F9E1FF#FBEBFF

Tones of #E271FE

#DC7BF4#D685EA#D08FE0#CA9AD6#C4A4CC#BEAEC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8DFE71:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.62:1 Fails
Against black text8.03:1 AAA

Best text color on #E271FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E271FE

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 #E271FE: ·

How #E271FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B1B0DCDeuteranopia · #B8C0D4Tritanopia · #DCC1BB

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 #E271FE rather than the exact color:

Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Hidden Ruby Aurora
#D770EF · #E559BE · #E36C8B · #D03C16
Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD
Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234

Similar colors

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

#D67BFF#E173EE#D770EF#E384FF#F36FF2#E57AEB#DC84F3#D777EA#D276EC#E15FED#DD85F0#E072E5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E271FD  ·  #E271FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E271FE?

#E271FE is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 226, 113, 254). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E271FE?

#E271FE is RGB 226, 113, 254 — HSL 288°, 99%, 72% — CMYK 11%, 56%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #E271FE?

Its complement is #8DFE71; analogous partners are #9B71FE and #FE71D4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E271FE for text?

Black text on #E271FE has a contrast ratio of 8.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.62:1.