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#EDA2FD — Light Vivid Purple

#EDA2FD 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 #EDA2FD 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.

#EDA2FD 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 #B1FDA0; it also sits naturally between #BDA0FD and #FDA0E0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EDA2FD · RGB 237, 162, 253

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Color values

HEX#EDA2FD
RGB237, 162, 253
HSL289°, 96%, 81%
HSV289°, 36%, 99%
CMYK6%, 36%, 0%, 1%
XYZ65.58, 50.94, 99.30
Yxy50.94, 0.3038, 0.2360
CIE-Lab76.64, 42.50, -34.23
Hunter Lab71.37, 43.60, -37.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 64% · Blue 99%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 36% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EDA2FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EDA2FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EDA2FD

.text { color: #EDA2FD; }
.background { background-color: #EDA2FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDA2FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 162, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(289, 96%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDA2FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 162, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDA2FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 162, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EDA2FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EDA2FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EDA2FD

#E478FC#DD55FC#D52DFB#CD05FA#B004D7#9004AF#6F0387#4E025F#31013C#100014

Tints of #EDA2FD

#EEAAFD#EFAFFD#F1B9FE#F2BEFE#F4C8FE#F5CDFE#F7D7FE#F8DCFE#FAE6FE#FBEBFF

Tones of #EDA2FD

#E8A7F6#E4ADF0#DFB4E9#DBBBE2#D7C1DC#D3C8D5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B1FDA0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.88:1 Fails
Against black text11.19:1 AAA

Best text color on #EDA2FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDA2FD

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 #EDA2FD: ·

How #EDA2FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CDCCE7Deuteranopia · #D1D6E2Tritanopia · #E9D6D2

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 #EDA2FD 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
Dusty Ruby Breeze
#F3CCF5 · #EC9EEF · #D84FDE · #BF1FC6
Palette 481380
#481380 · #742DD2 · #EFB1FF · #FFE2FF

Similar colors

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

#E99DF6#E49BFF#E7A5F2#E9A8F2#EC9EEF#EFB1FF#E0AAFF#EEA1ED#EB92FB#E5ABF2#E1AEFF#E9B3FB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EDA2FC  ·  #EDA2FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDA2FD?

#EDA2FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 237, 162, 253). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDA2FD?

#EDA2FD is RGB 237, 162, 253 — HSL 289°, 96%, 81% — CMYK 6%, 36%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #EDA2FD?

Its complement is #B1FDA0; analogous partners are #BDA0FD and #FDA0E0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDA2FD for text?

Black text on #EDA2FD has a contrast ratio of 11.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.88:1.