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#6000FD — Vivid Purple

#6000FD is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color BlueViolet (#8A2BE2). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blueviolet (#8A2BE2) — not an exact match. CSS blueviolet gives you #8A2BE2, a different color; use #6000FD 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.

#6000FD 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 #9DFF00; it also sits naturally between #001EFF and #E100FF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#6000FD · RGB 96, 0, 253

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Color values

HEX#6000FD
RGB96, 0, 253
HSL263°, 100%, 50%
HSV263°, 100%, 99%
CMYK62%, 100%, 0%, 1%
XYZ22.55, 9.58, 93.59
Yxy9.58, 0.1794, 0.0762
CIE-Lab37.08, 80.78, -98.65
Hunter Lab30.95, 78.80, -165.43

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 38% · Green 0% · Blue 99%

Cyan 62% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #6000FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #6000FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #6000FD

.text { color: #6000FD; }
.background { background-color: #6000FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #6000FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(96, 0, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(263, 100%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #6000FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(96, 0, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #6000FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(96, 0, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#6000FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#6000FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #6000FD

#5800E6#5000D1#4600B8#3F00A3#35008A#2B0070#23005C#190042#12002E#080014

Tints of #6000FD

#711AFF#7E2EFF#8E47FF#9A5CFF#AA75FF#BA8FFF#C6A3FF#D6BDFF#E3D1FF#F2EBFF

Tones of #6000FD

#6612ED#6A25DA#6F37C8#7349B6#775BA4#7B6E91

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9DFF00:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text7.20:1 AAA
Against black text2.92:1 Fails

Best text color on #6000FD: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #6000FD

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 #6000FD: ·

How #6000FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #3636C0Deuteranopia · #3C43B1Tritanopia · #5B8F85

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 violet 600 · #7C3AEDTailwind purple 600 · #9333EATailwind indigo 600 · #4F46E5

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #6000FD rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #5800FF · #E900FF · #FFC600
Palette 6900ff
#6900FF · #9951FF · #FFD700 · #FAF7FF
Palette 3b0270
#3B0270 · #6F00FF · #E9B3FB · #FFF1F1
Palette 5902ec
#5902EC · #E04DB0 · #F2C9E1 · #FFFA4D
Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F

Similar colors

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

#5800FF#6900FF#6F00FF#5902EC#7512FD#7C00FE#4B13FB#4300FF#4813F9#6E1CFA#6B21FB#5B23FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #6000FC  ·  #6000FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #6000FD?

#6000FD is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 96, 0, 253). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #6000FD?

#6000FD is RGB 96, 0, 253 — HSL 263°, 100%, 50% — CMYK 62%, 100%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #6000FD?

Its complement is #9DFF00; analogous partners are #001EFF and #E100FF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #6000FD for text?

White text on #6000FD has a contrast ratio of 7.20:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.92:1.