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#E293FD — Light Vivid Purple

#E293FD 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 #E293FD 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.

#E293FD 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 #ACFD91; it also sits naturally between #AC91FD and #FD91E2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E293FD · RGB 226, 147, 253

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Color values

HEX#E293FD
RGB226, 147, 253
HSL285°, 96%, 78%
HSV285°, 42%, 99%
CMYK11%, 42%, 0%, 1%
XYZ59.53, 44.13, 98.31
Yxy44.13, 0.2947, 0.2185
CIE-Lab72.31, 47.13, -41.04
Hunter Lab66.43, 48.00, -46.58

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 58% · Blue 99%

Cyan 11% · Magenta 42% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E293FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E293FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E293FD

.text { color: #E293FD; }
.background { background-color: #E293FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E293FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 147, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(285, 96%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E293FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 147, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E293FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 147, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E293FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E293FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E293FD

#D96EFC#CE46FB#C523FB#B505F0#9B04CD#8003AA#620382#48025F#2A0137#0F0014

Tints of #E293FD

#E49BFD#E7A5FD#E8AAFD#EBB4FD#EEBEFE#F0C8FE#F3D2FE#F4D7FE#F7E1FE#FAEBFF

Tones of #E293FD

#DE99F5#DAA0EE#D6A8E6#D2B0DE#CEB8D6#CBBFCF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ACFD91:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.14:1 Fails
Against black text9.83:1 AAA

Best text color on #E293FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E293FD

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 #E293FD: ·

How #E293FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C0BFE3Deuteranopia · #C4CADDTritanopia · #DECFCB

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 #E293FD rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
Palette 850f8d
#850F8D · #C738BD · #E49BFF · #F8F9D7
Palette 4b4c7a
#4B4C7A · #EB92FB · #C855BC · #A03271
Hidden Voyage
#12BDA3 · #2283EA · #7559EF · #E99DF6
Palette Bedcfa
#BEDCFA · #98ACF8 · #B088F9 · #DA9FF9
Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD

Similar colors

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

#DC95FF#E49BFF#EB92FB#E99DF6#DA9FF9#E384FF#D59BF6#D195F9#DC84F3#D78FEE#DD85F0#EC9EEF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E293FC  ·  #E293FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E293FD?

#E293FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 226, 147, 253). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E293FD?

#E293FD is RGB 226, 147, 253 — HSL 285°, 96%, 78% — CMYK 11%, 42%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #E293FD?

Its complement is #ACFD91; analogous partners are #AC91FD and #FD91E2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E293FD for text?

Black text on #E293FD has a contrast ratio of 9.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.14:1.