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#E488FB — Light Vivid Purple

#E488FB 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 #E488FB 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.

#E488FB 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 #A0FB89; it also sits naturally between #AB89FB and #FB89D9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E488FB · RGB 228, 136, 251

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Color values

HEX#E488FB
RGB228, 136, 251
HSL288°, 93%, 76%
HSV288°, 46%, 98%
CMYK9%, 46%, 0%, 2%
XYZ58.21, 41.07, 96.13
Yxy41.07, 0.2979, 0.2102
CIE-Lab70.22, 52.96, -43.20
Hunter Lab64.08, 54.27, -49.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 53% · Blue 98%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 46% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E488FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E488FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E488FB

.text { color: #E488FB; }
.background { background-color: #E488FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E488FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 136, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(288, 93%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E488FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 136, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E488FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 136, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E488FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E488FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E488FB

#DC66F9#D444F8#CB1DF7#BB08E7#9F07C5#8306A2#670580#480359#2C0236#100114

Tints of #E488FB

#E693FB#E89DFB#EBA6FC#EDB0FC#EFBAFD#F1C4FD#F4CEFD#F6D8FE#F8E1FE#FAEBFE

Tones of #E488FB

#DF91F3#DA99EA#D5A1E2#D0A9DA#CCB1D2#C7BACA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A0FB89:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.28:1 Fails
Against black text9.21:1 AAA

Best text color on #E488FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E488FB

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 #E488FB: ·

How #E488FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BCBBDFDeuteranopia · #C2C8D9Tritanopia · #DFC9C4

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 #E488FB 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 850f8d
#850F8D · #C738BD · #E49BFF · #F8F9D7

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E488FA  ·  #E488FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E488FB?

#E488FB is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 228, 136, 251). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E488FB?

#E488FB is RGB 228, 136, 251 — HSL 288°, 93%, 76% — CMYK 9%, 46%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #E488FB?

Its complement is #A0FB89; analogous partners are #AB89FB and #FB89D9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E488FB for text?

Black text on #E488FB has a contrast ratio of 9.21:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.28:1.