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#E289FA — Light Vivid Purple

#E289FA 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 #E289FA 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.

#E289FA 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 #A2FA89; it also sits naturally between #A989FA and #FA89DA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E289FA · RGB 226, 137, 250

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Color values

HEX#E289FA
RGB226, 137, 250
HSL287°, 92%, 76%
HSV287°, 45%, 98%
CMYK10%, 45%, 0%, 2%
XYZ57.57, 40.96, 95.31
Yxy40.96, 0.2970, 0.2113
CIE-Lab70.15, 51.70, -42.79
Hunter Lab64.00, 52.79, -48.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 54% · Blue 98%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 45% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E289FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E289FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E289FA

.text { color: #E289FA; }
.background { background-color: #E289FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E289FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 137, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(287, 92%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E289FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 137, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E289FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 137, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E289FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E289FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E289FA

#D967F9#D145F7#C71EF6#B60AE6#9B08C4#8007A2#65057F#460458#2B0236#100114

Tints of #E289FA

#E493FB#E79DFB#E9A7FB#EBB1FC#EEBAFC#F0C4FD#F3CEFD#F5D8FD#F8E2FE#FAEBFE

Tones of #E289FA

#DD91F2#D999EA#D4A1E2#CFAADA#CBB2D2#C6BACA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2FA89:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.28:1 Fails
Against black text9.19:1 AAA

Best text color on #E289FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E289FA

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 #E289FA: ·

How #E289FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BBBBDFDeuteranopia · #C1C7D8Tritanopia · #DEC9C4

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 #E289FA rather than the exact color:

Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
Vivid Ruby Lagoon
#DD85F0 · #D066E6 · #B927D8 · #530F61
Palette 4b4c7a
#4B4C7A · #EB92FB · #C855BC · #A03271
Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
Palette 4e56c0
#4E56C0 · #9B5DE0 · #D78FEE · #FDCFFA

Similar colors

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

#E384FF#DC84F3#DD85F0#EB92FB#DC95FF#D78FEE#E49BFF#D67BFF#D195F9#E57AEB#E99DF6#EE8EE8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E289F9  ·  #E289FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E289FA?

#E289FA is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 226, 137, 250). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E289FA?

#E289FA is RGB 226, 137, 250 — HSL 287°, 92%, 76% — CMYK 10%, 45%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #E289FA?

Its complement is #A2FA89; analogous partners are #A989FA and #FA89DA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E289FA for text?

Black text on #E289FA has a contrast ratio of 9.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.28:1.