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#E294FC — Light Vivid Purple

#E294FC 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 #E294FC 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.

#E294FC 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 #ACFC92; it also sits naturally between #AC92FC and #FC92E2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E294FC · RGB 226, 148, 252

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Color values

HEX#E294FC
RGB226, 148, 252
HSL285°, 95%, 78%
HSV285°, 41%, 99%
CMYK10%, 41%, 0%, 1%
XYZ59.52, 44.38, 97.52
Yxy44.38, 0.2955, 0.2203
CIE-Lab72.48, 46.40, -40.24
Hunter Lab66.62, 47.22, -45.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 58% · Blue 99%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 41% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E294FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E294FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E294FC

.text { color: #E294FC; }
.background { background-color: #E294FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E294FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 148, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(285, 95%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E294FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 148, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E294FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 148, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E294FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E294FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E294FC

#D86FFB#CD47FA#C424F9#B506EF#9A05CC#8004A9#620381#47025E#290137#0F0114

Tints of #E294FC

#E49CFC#E7A5FD#E8AAFD#EBB4FD#EEBEFD#F0C8FE#F3D2FE#F4D7FE#F7E1FE#FAEBFE

Tones of #E294FC

#DE99F4#DAA1ED#D6A9E5#D2B0DE#CEB8D6#CBBFCF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ACFC92:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.13:1 Fails
Against black text9.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #E294FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E294FC

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 #E294FC: ·

How #E294FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C0C0E3Deuteranopia · #C5CBDDTritanopia · #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 · #A855F7Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E294FC 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 8ef6e4
#8EF6E4 · #9896F1 · #D59BF6 · #EDB1F1

Similar colors

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

#DC95FF#E49BFF#EB92FB#E99DF6#DA9FF9#D59BF6#E384FF#D195F9#D78FEE#EC9EEF#DC84F3#EB98EB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E294FB  ·  #E294FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E294FC?

#E294FC is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 226, 148, 252). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E294FC?

#E294FC is RGB 226, 148, 252 — HSL 285°, 95%, 78% — CMYK 10%, 41%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #E294FC?

Its complement is #ACFC92; analogous partners are #AC92FC and #FC92E2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E294FC for text?

Black text on #E294FC has a contrast ratio of 9.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.13:1.