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#690DF2 — Vivid Purple

#690DF2 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 #690DF2 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.

#690DF2 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 #96F20D; it also sits naturally between #0D24F2 and #DB0DF2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#690DF2 · RGB 105, 13, 242

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Color values

HEX#690DF2
RGB105, 13, 242
HSL264°, 90%, 50%
HSV264°, 95%, 95%
CMYK57%, 95%, 0%, 5%
XYZ22.00, 9.70, 84.72
Yxy9.70, 0.1889, 0.0833
CIE-Lab37.30, 77.23, -92.05
Hunter Lab31.15, 74.38, -146.58

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 41% · Green 5% · Blue 95%

Cyan 57% · Magenta 95% · Yellow 0% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #690DF2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #690DF2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #690DF2

.text { color: #690DF2; }
.background { background-color: #690DF2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #690DF2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(105, 13, 242); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(264, 90%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #690DF2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(105, 13, 242, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #690DF2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(105, 13, 242, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#690DF2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#690DF2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #690DF2

#5E0BDA#560AC7#4B09AE#43089B#380783#2E066B#260557#1B033F#13022C#080113

Tints of #690DF2

#7825F4#8438F5#9351F6#9F64F7#AE7CF8#BD94F9#C9A8FA#D8C0FC#E4D3FD#F3ECFE

Tones of #690DF2

#6C1DE2#6F2ED1#723EC1#764EB1#795EA1#7C6F90

Color harmonies

Complementary — #96F20D:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text7.14:1 AAA
Against black text2.94:1 Fails

Best text color on #690DF2: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #690DF2

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 #690DF2: ·

How #690DF2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #4140BBDeuteranopia · #474DADTritanopia · #648F85

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 #690DF2 rather than the exact color:

Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Scarlet Ruby Ember
#182610 · #1CFCE4 · #4813F9 · #6E1CFA
Palette 6900ff
#6900FF · #9951FF · #FFD700 · #FAF7FF
Palette 3b0270
#3B0270 · #6F00FF · #E9B3FB · #FFF1F1
Palette 5902ec
#5902EC · #E04DB0 · #F2C9E1 · #FFFA4D
Electric Mirage
#261F0B · #262DFE · #FA39AE · #6B21FB

Similar colors

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

#7512FD#6E1CFA#6900FF#6F00FF#5902EC#6B21FB#5800FF#5F24F6#7C00FE#8215EB#6C26FD#8113E5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #690DF1  ·  #690DF3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #690DF2?

#690DF2 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 105, 13, 242). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #690DF2?

#690DF2 is RGB 105, 13, 242 — HSL 264°, 90%, 50% — CMYK 57%, 95%, 0%, 5%.

What colors go with #690DF2?

Its complement is #96F20D; analogous partners are #0D24F2 and #DB0DF2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #690DF2 for text?

White text on #690DF2 has a contrast ratio of 7.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.94:1.