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#E293FA — Light Vivid Purple

#E293FA 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 #E293FA 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.

#E293FA 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 #ACFA94; it also sits naturally between #AF94FA and #FA94DF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E293FA · RGB 226, 147, 250

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Color values

HEX#E293FA
RGB226, 147, 250
HSL286°, 91%, 78%
HSV286°, 41%, 98%
CMYK10%, 41%, 0%, 2%
XYZ59.05, 43.94, 95.81
Yxy43.94, 0.2970, 0.2210
CIE-Lab72.19, 46.53, -39.61
Hunter Lab66.29, 47.30, -44.56

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · 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 #E293FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E293FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E293FA

.text { color: #E293FA; }
.background { background-color: #E293FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E293FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 147, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 91%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E293FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 147, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E293FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 147, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E293FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E293FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E293FA

#D972F8#CE4BF7#C529F5#B60BEA#9B09C8#8108A6#62067F#48045D#2A0336#0F0113

Tints of #E293FA

#E59EFA#E7A7FB#E9ACFB#EBB6FC#EEC0FC#F1C9FC#F3D3FD#F5D8FD#F7E2FE#FAECFE

Tones of #E293FA

#DE9BF3#DAA2EB#D6AAE4#D3B1DD#CFB8D5#CBC0CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ACFA94:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #E293FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E293FA

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 #E293FA: ·

How #E293FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C0BFE1Deuteranopia · #C4CADBTritanopia · #DECDC9

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 #E293FA rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
Palette 4b4c7a
#4B4C7A · #EB92FB · #C855BC · #A03271
Palette 850f8d
#850F8D · #C738BD · #E49BFF · #F8F9D7
Hidden Voyage
#12BDA3 · #2283EA · #7559EF · #E99DF6
Palette Bedcfa
#BEDCFA · #98ACF8 · #B088F9 · #DA9FF9
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#EB92FB#E49BFF#E99DF6#DA9FF9#D59BF6#E384FF#D78FEE#D195F9#DC84F3#DD85F0#EB98EB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E293F9  ·  #E293FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E293FA?

#E293FA is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 226, 147, 250). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E293FA?

#E293FA is RGB 226, 147, 250 — HSL 286°, 91%, 78% — CMYK 10%, 41%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #E293FA?

Its complement is #ACFA94; analogous partners are #AF94FA and #FA94DF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E293FA for text?

Black text on #E293FA has a contrast ratio of 9.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.15:1.