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#E388FC — Light Vivid Purple

#E388FC 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 #E388FC 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.

#E388FC 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 #A1FC88; it also sits naturally between #A988FC and #FC88DB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E388FC · RGB 227, 136, 252

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Color values

HEX#E388FC
RGB227, 136, 252
HSL287°, 95%, 76%
HSV287°, 46%, 99%
CMYK10%, 46%, 0%, 1%
XYZ58.05, 40.97, 96.94
Yxy40.97, 0.2962, 0.2091
CIE-Lab70.15, 52.88, -43.86
Hunter Lab64.01, 54.16, -50.34

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 53% · Blue 99%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 46% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E388FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E388FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E388FC

.text { color: #E388FC; }
.background { background-color: #E388FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E388FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(227, 136, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(287, 95%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E388FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(227, 136, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E388FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(227, 136, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E388FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E388FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E388FC

#DB65FB#D242FA#C91AF9#B806EA#9D05C7#8104A4#660381#47025A#2B0137#100114

Tints of #E388FC

#E592FC#E79CFC#EAA5FD#ECAFFD#EFB9FD#F1C3FD#F3CDFE#F6D7FE#F8E1FE#FAEBFE

Tones of #E388FC

#DE90F3#D998EB#D5A1E3#D0A9DB#CBB1D2#C7B9CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A1FC88:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #E388FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E388FC

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 #E388FC: ·

How #E388FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BCBBE0Deuteranopia · #C1C8D9Tritanopia · #DECAC5

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 #E388FC rather than the exact color:

Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
Palette 4b4c7a
#4B4C7A · #EB92FB · #C855BC · #A03271
Vivid Ruby Lagoon
#DD85F0 · #D066E6 · #B927D8 · #530F61
Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E388FB  ·  #E388FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E388FC?

#E388FC is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 227, 136, 252). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E388FC?

#E388FC is RGB 227, 136, 252 — HSL 287°, 95%, 76% — CMYK 10%, 46%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #E388FC?

Its complement is #A1FC88; analogous partners are #A988FC and #FC88DB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E388FC for text?

Black text on #E388FC has a contrast ratio of 9.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.28:1.