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#E574FD — Light Vivid Purple

#E574FD 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 #E574FD 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.

#E574FD 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 #8CFD72; it also sits naturally between #9E72FD and #FD72D1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E574FD · RGB 229, 116, 253

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Color values

HEX#E574FD
RGB229, 116, 253
HSL289°, 97%, 72%
HSV289°, 54%, 99%
CMYK9%, 54%, 0%, 1%
XYZ56.29, 36.24, 96.96
Yxy36.24, 0.2971, 0.1913
CIE-Lab66.70, 63.40, -49.82
Hunter Lab60.20, 65.79, -58.80

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 90% · Green 45% · Blue 99%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 54% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E574FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E574FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E574FD

.text { color: #E574FD; }
.background { background-color: #E574FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E574FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(229, 116, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(289, 97%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E574FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(229, 116, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E574FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(229, 116, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E574FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E574FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E574FD

#DD4FFC#D62CFC#D00EFB#B903E2#9C03BF#80029C#630279#4A015A#2D0137#100014

Tints of #E574FD

#E57CFD#E88BFD#EA96FD#EDA5FE#EFAFFE#F1B9FE#F4C8FE#F6D2FE#F9E1FF#FBEBFF

Tones of #E574FD

#DD7CF3#D786E9#D090DF#CB9AD6#C4A4CC#BEAEC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8CFD72:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.55:1 Fails
Against black text8.25:1 AAA

Best text color on #E574FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E574FD

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 #E574FD: ·

How #E574FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B4B3DCDeuteranopia · #BBC3D4Tritanopia · #DFC2BC

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 #E574FD rather than the exact color:

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E574FC  ·  #E574FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E574FD?

#E574FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 229, 116, 253). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E574FD?

#E574FD is RGB 229, 116, 253 — HSL 289°, 97%, 72% — CMYK 9%, 54%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #E574FD?

Its complement is #8CFD72; analogous partners are #9E72FD and #FD72D1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E574FD for text?

Black text on #E574FD has a contrast ratio of 8.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.55:1.