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#E477FC — Light Vivid Purple

#E477FC 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 #E477FC 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.

#E477FC 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 #90FC78; it also sits naturally between #A278FC and #FC78D2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E477FC · RGB 228, 119, 252

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Color values

HEX#E477FC
RGB228, 119, 252
HSL289°, 96%, 73%
HSV289°, 53%, 99%
CMYK10%, 53%, 0%, 1%
XYZ56.16, 36.72, 96.22
Yxy36.72, 0.2970, 0.1942
CIE-Lab67.06, 61.54, -48.71
Hunter Lab60.59, 63.64, -57.15

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 47% · Blue 99%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 53% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E477FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E477FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E477FC

.text { color: #E477FC; }
.background { background-color: #E477FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E477FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 119, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(289, 96%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E477FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 119, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E477FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 119, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E477FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E477FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E477FC

#DD55FC#D632FB#CF0FFA#B905E1#A004C3#8303A0#67037D#4A025A#2D0137#100014

Tints of #E477FC

#E682FC#E991FD#EB9BFD#EDA5FD#F0B4FD#F2BEFE#F4C8FE#F6D2FE#F9E1FE#FBEBFF

Tones of #E477FC

#DE82F3#D88BEA#D294E0#CC9ED6#C6A8CD#C0B1C4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #90FC78:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.52:1 Fails
Against black text8.34:1 AAA

Best text color on #E477FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E477FC

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 #E477FC: ·

How #E477FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B5B4DCDeuteranopia · #BBC3D4Tritanopia · #DFC2BD

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 #E477FC rather than the exact color:

Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD
Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
Hidden Ruby Aurora
#D770EF · #E559BE · #E36C8B · #D03C16

Similar colors

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

#E384FF#E173EE#D67BFF#E57AEB#DC84F3#D770EF#DD85F0#F36FF2#D777EA#E072E5#D276EC#D577E9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E477FB  ·  #E477FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E477FC?

#E477FC is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 228, 119, 252). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E477FC?

#E477FC is RGB 228, 119, 252 — HSL 289°, 96%, 73% — CMYK 10%, 53%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #E477FC?

Its complement is #90FC78; analogous partners are #A278FC and #FC78D2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E477FC for text?

Black text on #E477FC has a contrast ratio of 8.34:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.52:1.