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#960FC2 — Vivid Purple

#960FC2 is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color DarkViolet (#9400D3). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkviolet (#9400D3) — not an exact match. CSS darkviolet gives you #9400D3, a different color; use #960FC2 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.

#960FC2 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 #3CC20F; it also sits naturally between #3C0FC2 and #C20F96. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#960FC2 · RGB 150, 15, 194

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Color values

HEX#960FC2
RGB150, 15, 194
HSL285°, 86%, 41%
HSV285°, 92%, 76%
CMYK23%, 92%, 0%, 24%
XYZ22.49, 10.72, 51.92
Yxy10.72, 0.2641, 0.1259
CIE-Lab39.11, 71.71, -61.24
Hunter Lab32.74, 68.10, -75.69

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 59% · Green 6% · Blue 76%

Cyan 23% · Magenta 92% · Yellow 0% · Key 24%

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

Previews

Sample text in #960FC2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #960FC2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #960FC2

.text { color: #960FC2; }
.background { background-color: #960FC2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #960FC2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(150, 15, 194); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(285, 86%, 41%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #960FC2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(150, 15, 194, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #960FC2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(150, 15, 194, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#960FC2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#960FC2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #960FC2

#870DAF#7C0CA1#6D0B8E#5F097B#54086D#45075A#370547#280434#1D0326#0F0113

Tints of #960FC2

#AB11DF#B91BEE#C238F0#C950F2#D26CF4#D984F6#E2A0F8#E9B8FA#F2D4FC#F9ECFE

Tones of #960FC2

#8F1BB6#8829A8#82359C#7C428F#764E83#6F5C75

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3CC20F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text6.68:1 AA
Against black text3.14:1 AA large only

Best text color on #960FC2: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #960FC2

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 #960FC2: ·

How #960FC2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #5C5A97Deuteranopia · #636E8CTritanopia · #8F746D

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:

Material Purple 500 · #9C27B0Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #960FC2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 9112bc
#9112BC · #AE75DA · #E9E294 · #FFFCB8
Crimson Cinder
#A011B8 · #EA21C8 · #EF55A5 · #F7AABA
Scarlet Ruby Drift
#921EC1 · #D777EA · #6CE13D · #CEF0BB
Cosmic Ruby Twilight
#921DC8 · #EC5BE0 · #E74A9B · #F37382
Tranquil Summit
#235EE8 · #2314D2 · #7524D7 · #A613C4
Golden Saffron
#4EB41D · #5AE148 · #9120C7 · #CF9BE8

Similar colors

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

#9112BC#A011B8#921EC1#921DC8#A613C4#9120C7#9416B1#8D1AB6#9A1FB7#8616CC#9A22C8#880FB1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #960FC1  ·  #960FC3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #960FC2?

#960FC2 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 150, 15, 194). Its closest standard named color is DarkViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #960FC2?

#960FC2 is RGB 150, 15, 194 — HSL 285°, 86%, 41% — CMYK 23%, 92%, 0%, 24%.

What colors go with #960FC2?

Its complement is #3CC20F; analogous partners are #3C0FC2 and #C20F96. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #960FC2 for text?

White text on #960FC2 has a contrast ratio of 6.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.14:1.