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#E587FB — Light Vivid Purple

#E587FB 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 #E587FB 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.

#E587FB 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 #9DFB88; it also sits naturally between #AD88FB and #FB88D7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E587FB · RGB 229, 135, 251

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Color values

HEX#E587FB
RGB229, 135, 251
HSL289°, 94%, 76%
HSV289°, 46%, 98%
CMYK9%, 46%, 0%, 2%
XYZ58.39, 40.95, 96.09
Yxy40.95, 0.2988, 0.2095
CIE-Lab70.14, 53.75, -43.32
Hunter Lab63.99, 55.16, -49.55

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 90% · 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 #E587FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E587FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E587FB

.text { color: #E587FB; }
.background { background-color: #E587FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E587FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(229, 135, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(289, 94%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E587FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(229, 135, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E587FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(229, 135, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E587FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E587FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E587FB

#DF66FA#D843F9#D01BF8#BF07E9#A306C6#8605A3#6A0481#490359#2D0236#100114

Tints of #E587FB

#E892FC#EA9CFC#ECA6FC#EEB0FD#F1BAFD#F3C4FD#F5CEFD#F7D7FE#F9E1FE#FBEBFE

Tones of #E587FB

#E190F3#DC99EB#D7A1E3#D1A9DA#CCB1D2#C7BACA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9DFB88:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.29:1 Fails
Against black text9.19:1 AAA

Best text color on #E587FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E587FB

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 #E587FB: ·

How #E587FB 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 · #C2C9D8Tritanopia · #E0C9C4

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 #E587FB 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 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF

Similar colors

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

#E384FF#DC84F3#EB92FB#DD85F0#DC95FF#D67BFF#E49BFF#E57AEB#D78FEE#EE8EE8#E99DF6#EB98EB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E587FA  ·  #E587FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E587FB?

#E587FB is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 229, 135, 251). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E587FB?

#E587FB is RGB 229, 135, 251 — HSL 289°, 94%, 76% — CMYK 9%, 46%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #E587FB?

Its complement is #9DFB88; analogous partners are #AD88FB and #FB88D7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E587FB for text?

Black text on #E587FB has a contrast ratio of 9.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.29:1.