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#E474FB — Light Vivid Pink

#E474FB is a pink color we call Light Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: violet (#EE82EE) — not an exact match. CSS violet gives you #EE82EE, a different color; use #E474FB 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.

#E474FB is a cool pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. 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 #8BFB74; it also sits naturally between #A174FB and #FB74CE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E474FB · RGB 228, 116, 251

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Color values

HEX#E474FB
RGB228, 116, 251
HSL290°, 94%, 72%
HSV290°, 54%, 98%
CMYK9%, 54%, 0%, 2%
XYZ55.65, 35.95, 95.27
Yxy35.95, 0.2978, 0.1924
CIE-Lab66.48, 62.77, -49.08
Hunter Lab59.96, 64.98, -57.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 45% · Blue 98%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 54% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E474FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E474FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E474FB

.text { color: #E474FB; }
.background { background-color: #E474FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E474FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 116, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(290, 94%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E474FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 116, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E474FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 116, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E474FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E474FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E474FB

#DE52FA#D72FF9#D112F8#BB07DF#9E06BC#810599#640477#4B0359#2E0236#110114

Tints of #E474FB

#E67EFB#E98DFB#EB97FC#EEA6FC#F0B0FD#F2BAFD#F5C9FD#F6D2FE#F9E1FE#FBEBFE

Tones of #E474FB

#DE7EF1#D788E7#D191DE#CB9BD4#C4A4CB#BEAEC1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8BFB74:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.56:1 Fails
Against black text8.19:1 AAA

Best text color on #E474FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E474FB

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 #E474FB: ·

How #E474FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B4B2DADeuteranopia · #BAC2D3Tritanopia · #DEC1BB

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 #E474FB rather than the exact color:

Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Hidden Ruby Aurora
#D770EF · #E559BE · #E36C8B · #D03C16
Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2

Similar colors

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

#E173EE#D67BFF#E384FF#E57AEB#D770EF#F36FF2#DC84F3#DD85F0#D777EA#E072E5#E26EE5#D276EC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E474FA  ·  #E474FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E474FB?

#E474FB is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 228, 116, 251). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E474FB?

#E474FB is RGB 228, 116, 251 — HSL 290°, 94%, 72% — CMYK 9%, 54%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #E474FB?

Its complement is #8BFB74; analogous partners are #A174FB and #FB74CE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E474FB for text?

Black text on #E474FB has a contrast ratio of 8.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.56:1.