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#E397FD — Light Vivid Purple

#E397FD 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 #E397FD 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.

#E397FD 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 #B0FD96; it also sits naturally between #B096FD and #FD96E3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E397FD · RGB 227, 151, 253

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Color values

HEX#E397FD
RGB227, 151, 253
HSL285°, 96%, 79%
HSV285°, 40%, 99%
CMYK10%, 40%, 0%, 1%
XYZ60.47, 45.56, 98.53
Yxy45.56, 0.2956, 0.2227
CIE-Lab73.26, 45.32, -39.56
Hunter Lab67.50, 46.14, -44.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 59% · Blue 99%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 40% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E397FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E397FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E397FD

.text { color: #E397FD; }
.background { background-color: #E397FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E397FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(227, 151, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(285, 96%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E397FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(227, 151, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E397FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(227, 151, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E397FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E397FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E397FD

#DA73FC#CF4BFB#C628FB#B905F5#9F04D2#8003AA#660387#48025F#2D013C#0F0014

Tints of #E397FD

#E6A0FD#E7A5FD#EAAFFD#ECB9FE#EFC3FE#F0C8FE#F3D2FE#F6DCFE#F7E1FE#FAEBFF

Tones of #E397FD

#DF9EF5#DCA5EE#D8ACE7#D4B3DF#D1BBD8#CDC2D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B0FD96:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.08:1 Fails
Against black text10.11:1 AAA

Best text color on #E397FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E397FD

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 #E397FD: ·

How #E397FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C2C1E4Deuteranopia · #C7CCDETritanopia · #DFD1CD

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 #E397FD rather than the exact color:

Palette 850f8d
#850F8D · #C738BD · #E49BFF · #F8F9D7
Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
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:

#E49BFF#DC95FF#EB92FB#E99DF6#DA9FF9#D59BF6#EC9EEF#E7A5F2#D195F9#E384FF#E0AAFF#EB98EB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E397FC  ·  #E397FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E397FD?

#E397FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 227, 151, 253). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E397FD?

#E397FD is RGB 227, 151, 253 — HSL 285°, 96%, 79% — CMYK 10%, 40%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #E397FD?

Its complement is #B0FD96; analogous partners are #B096FD and #FD96E3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E397FD for text?

Black text on #E397FD has a contrast ratio of 10.11:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.08:1.