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#E477FE — Light Vivid Purple

#E477FE 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 #E477FE 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.

#E477FE 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 #91FE76; it also sits naturally between #9F76FE and #FE76D5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E477FE · RGB 228, 119, 254

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Color values

HEX#E477FE
RGB228, 119, 254
HSL288°, 99%, 73%
HSV288°, 53%, 100%
CMYK10%, 53%, 0%, 0%
XYZ56.48, 36.84, 97.90
Yxy36.84, 0.2954, 0.1927
CIE-Lab67.16, 61.92, -49.66
Hunter Lab60.70, 64.12, -58.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 47% · Blue 100%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #E477FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E477FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E477FE

.text { color: #E477FE; }
.background { background-color: #E477FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E477FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 119, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(288, 99%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E477FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 119, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E477FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 119, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E477FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E477FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E477FE

#DC52FE#D52FFE#CD0BFE#B701E4#9F01C6#8201A2#66017F#49005B#2D0038#100014

Tints of #E477FE

#E580FE#E88FFE#EA9AFE#ECA4FF#EFB3FF#F2BDFF#F4C7FF#F6D1FF#F9E1FF#FBEBFF

Tones of #E477FE

#DD80F5#D789EB#D293E1#CC9DD7#C6A7CD#C0B1C4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #91FE76:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.51:1 Fails
Against black text8.37:1 AAA

Best text color on #E477FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E477FE

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 #E477FE: ·

How #E477FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B5B4DDDeuteranopia · #BBC3D5Tritanopia · #DFC4BE

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 #E477FE rather than the exact color:

Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234
Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E477FD  ·  #E477FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E477FE?

#E477FE is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 228, 119, 254). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E477FE?

#E477FE is RGB 228, 119, 254 — HSL 288°, 99%, 73% — CMYK 10%, 53%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #E477FE?

Its complement is #91FE76; analogous partners are #9F76FE and #FE76D5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E477FE for text?

Black text on #E477FE has a contrast ratio of 8.37:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.51:1.