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#7633DB — Purple

#7633DB is a purple color we call 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 #7633DB 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.

#7633DB 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 #98DB33; it also sits naturally between #3344DB and #CA33DB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#7633DB · RGB 118, 51, 219

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Color values

HEX#7633DB
RGB118, 51, 219
HSL264°, 70%, 53%
HSV264°, 77%, 86%
CMYK46%, 77%, 0%, 14%
XYZ21.44, 11.33, 68.08
Yxy11.33, 0.2126, 0.1124
CIE-Lab40.14, 62.40, -74.23
Hunter Lab33.67, 57.47, -101.93

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 46% · Green 20% · Blue 86%

Cyan 46% · Magenta 77% · Yellow 0% · Key 14%

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

Previews

Sample text in #7633DB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #7633DB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #7633DB

.text { color: #7633DB; }
.background { background-color: #7633DB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #7633DB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(118, 51, 219); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(264, 70%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #7633DB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(118, 51, 219, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #7633DB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(118, 51, 219, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#7633DB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#7633DB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #7633DB

#6925D0#5E21BA#531DA5#48198F#40167E#351268#2A0F52#1F0B3D#140727#090311

Tints of #7633DB

#8245DE#915AE2#9C6CE5#A87DE8#B693EC#C2A4EF#CEB5F2#D9C7F5#E8DCF9#F3EEFC

Tones of #7633DB

#793FCF#7B4BC3#7E57B7#8063AB#826F9F#857B93

Color harmonies

Complementary — #98DB33:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text6.43:1 AA
Against black text3.27:1 AA large only

Best text color on #7633DB: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #7633DB

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 #7633DB: ·

How #7633DB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #5958B2Deuteranopia · #5D62A9Tritanopia · #73928B

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 · #9333EAMaterial Deep Purple 500 · #673AB7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #7633DB rather than the exact color:

Smoky Ruby Drift
#0E376C · #10128E · #782FE0 · #C72CE6
Smoky Zephyr
#224BA5 · #7639D6 · #DF65D5 · #EBA0B0
Silent Aurora
#0F25B4 · #733ADD · #C424E6 · #E958BE
Scarlet Mosaic
#D0B5F2 · #9F6BE1 · #7E32DC · #6020B1
Smoky Ruby Summit
#1DBD59 · #783AE1 · #DE6924 · #B5ECC2
Royal Mosaic
#BF581D · #46E37F · #783BE1 · #EECEBE

Similar colors

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

#782FE0#7639D6#733ADD#7E32DC#783AE1#783BE1#7E30E1#742DD2#7238E6#7D3DDF#793FDF#7F29DC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #7633DA  ·  #7633DC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #7633DB?

#7633DB is Purple, a purple color (RGB 118, 51, 219). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #7633DB?

#7633DB is RGB 118, 51, 219 — HSL 264°, 70%, 53% — CMYK 46%, 77%, 0%, 14%.

What colors go with #7633DB?

Its complement is #98DB33; analogous partners are #3344DB and #CA33DB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #7633DB for text?

White text on #7633DB has a contrast ratio of 6.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.27:1.