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#C024EB — Vivid Purple

#C024EB is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color DarkOrchid (#9932CC). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkorchid (#9932CC) — not an exact match. CSS darkorchid gives you #9932CC, a different color; use #C024EB 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.

#C024EB 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 #4FEB24; it also sits naturally between #5C24EB and #EB24B2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#C024EB · RGB 192, 36, 235

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Color values

HEX#C024EB
RGB192, 36, 235
HSL287°, 83%, 53%
HSV287°, 85%, 92%
CMYK18%, 85%, 0%, 8%
XYZ37.36, 18.47, 80.19
Yxy18.47, 0.2747, 0.1358
CIE-Lab50.06, 81.55, -66.72
Hunter Lab42.97, 83.61, -86.09

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 14% · Blue 92%

Cyan 18% · Magenta 85% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #C024EB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #C024EB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #C024EB

.text { color: #C024EB; }
.background { background-color: #C024EB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #C024EB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(192, 36, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(287, 83%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #C024EB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(192, 36, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #C024EB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(192, 36, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#C024EB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#C024EB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #C024EB

#B415E0#A113C9#8E10B1#7C0E9A#6D0D87#5A0A70#470859#340641#22042A#0F0213

Tints of #C024EB

#C536EC#CC4EEF#D160F0#D673F2#DD8AF4#E39DF6#E8B0F8#EDC2F9#F4DAFC#FAECFD

Tones of #C024EB

#B732DC#AF40CE#A74FBF#A05CB2#976AA4#8F7996

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4FEB24:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.47:1 AA large only
Against black text4.69:1 AA

Best text color on #C024EB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #C024EB

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 #C024EB: ·

How #C024EB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7C7BBBDeuteranopia · #8691AFTritanopia · #B8958C

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #C024EB rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Silent Aurora
#0F25B4 · #733ADD · #C424E6 · #E958BE
Crystal Lagoon
#5BE0E2 · #1D67E4 · #3917A7 · #C725E5
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Smoky Ruby Drift
#0E376C · #10128E · #782FE0 · #C72CE6
Cosmic Twilight
#0D2724 · #F9CA1E · #4D44FE · #C52CF9

Similar colors

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

#BF27EB#C424E6#C725E5#BF2EF0#C72CE6#C52CF9#BA33E4#C735E8#B331F1#B81FDA#B819FA#B927D8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #C024EA  ·  #C024EC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #C024EB?

#C024EB is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 192, 36, 235). Its closest standard named color is DarkOrchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #C024EB?

#C024EB is RGB 192, 36, 235 — HSL 287°, 83%, 53% — CMYK 18%, 85%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #C024EB?

Its complement is #4FEB24; analogous partners are #5C24EB and #EB24B2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #C024EB for text?

Black text on #C024EB has a contrast ratio of 4.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.47:1.