Palettes / Colors / #EA9BFD

#EA9BFD — Light Vivid Purple

#EA9BFD 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 #EA9BFD 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.

#EA9BFD is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AFFD9B; it also sits naturally between #B89BFD and #FD9BE0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 61% · Blue 99%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 39% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EA9BFD

.text { color: #EA9BFD; }
.background { background-color: #EA9BFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA9BFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 155, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(288, 96%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA9BFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 155, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA9BFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 155, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA9BFD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA9BFD">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFFD9B:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EA9BFD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA9BFD

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:

How #EA9BFD looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA9BFD rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA9BFD?

#EA9BFD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 234, 155, 253). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA9BFD?

#EA9BFD is RGB 234, 155, 253 — HSL 288°, 96%, 80% — CMYK 8%, 39%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #EA9BFD?

Its complement is #AFFD9B; analogous partners are #B89BFD and #FD9BE0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA9BFD for text?

Black text on #EA9BFD has a contrast ratio of 10.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.98:1.