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#EAA2FC — Light Vivid Purple

#EAA2FC is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #EAA2FC 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.

#EAA2FC 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 #B3FCA1; it also sits naturally between #BCA1FC and #FCA1E1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAA2FC · RGB 234, 162, 252

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Color values

HEX#EAA2FC
RGB234, 162, 252
HSL288°, 94%, 81%
HSV288°, 36%, 99%
CMYK7%, 36%, 0%, 1%
XYZ64.42, 50.36, 98.42
Yxy50.36, 0.3022, 0.2362
CIE-Lab76.29, 41.40, -34.26
Hunter Lab70.97, 42.30, -37.81

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 64% · Blue 99%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 36% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAA2FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAA2FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAA2FC

.text { color: #EAA2FC; }
.background { background-color: #EAA2FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAA2FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 162, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(288, 94%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAA2FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 162, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAA2FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 162, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAA2FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAA2FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAA2FC

#E179FB#D957FA#D02FF9#C708F7#AB07D5#8C05AD#6C0486#4C035E#30023B#100114

Tints of #EAA2FC

#ECABFC#EDB0FD#EFBAFD#F1BFFD#F3C9FD#F4CEFD#F6D7FE#F7DCFE#F9E6FE#FBEBFE

Tones of #EAA2FC

#E6A7F6#E2AEEF#DEB4E9#DABBE2#D6C1DC#D2C8D5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3FCA1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.90:1 Fails
Against black text11.07:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAA2FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAA2FC

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 #EAA2FC: ·

How #EAA2FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCAE6Deuteranopia · #CFD4E1Tritanopia · #E6D5D1

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAA2FC rather than the exact color:

Hidden Voyage
#12BDA3 · #2283EA · #7559EF · #E99DF6
Palette 850f8d
#850F8D · #C738BD · #E49BFF · #F8F9D7
Velvet Ruby Horizon
#1838A7 · #482FE1 · #AE72EB · #E7A5F2
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Dusty Ruby Breeze
#F3CCF5 · #EC9EEF · #D84FDE · #BF1FC6

Similar colors

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

#E99DF6#E49BFF#E7A5F2#E9A8F2#E0AAFF#EC9EEF#E5ABF2#E1AEFF#EEA1ED#EB92FB#EFB1FF#DA9FF9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAA2FB  ·  #EAA2FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAA2FC?

#EAA2FC is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 234, 162, 252). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAA2FC?

#EAA2FC is RGB 234, 162, 252 — HSL 288°, 94%, 81% — CMYK 7%, 36%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #EAA2FC?

Its complement is #B3FCA1; analogous partners are #BCA1FC and #FCA1E1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAA2FC for text?

Black text on #EAA2FC has a contrast ratio of 11.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.90:1.