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#C024EE — Vivid Purple

#C024EE 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 #C024EE 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.

#C024EE 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 #54EF25; it also sits naturally between #5B25EF and #EF25B9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#C024EE · RGB 192, 36, 238

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Color values

HEX#C024EE
RGB192, 36, 238
HSL286°, 86%, 54%
HSV286°, 85%, 93%
CMYK19%, 85%, 0%, 7%
XYZ37.80, 18.64, 82.49
Yxy18.64, 0.2721, 0.1342
CIE-Lab50.26, 82.08, -68.08
Hunter Lab43.18, 84.35, -88.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 14% · Blue 93%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 85% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #C024EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #C024EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #C024EE

.text { color: #C024EE; }
.background { background-color: #C024EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #C024EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(192, 36, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 86%, 54%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #C024EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(192, 36, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #C024EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(192, 36, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#C024EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#C024EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #C024EE

#B611E8#A410D1#910EB9#7E0CA1#6C0A8A#590972#47075A#340542#21032B#0F0113

Tints of #C024EE

#C538F0#CB4BF1#D162F3#D775F5#DC88F6#E29BF8#E8AEF9#EEC6FB#F4D9FC#F9ECFE

Tones of #C024EE

#B833E1#B042D1#A850C3#A15EB5#996CA7#917C98

Color harmonies

Complementary — #54EF25:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.44:1 AA large only
Against black text4.73:1 AA

Best text color on #C024EE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #C024EE

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 #C024EE: ·

How #C024EE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7C7BBDDeuteranopia · #8691B1Tritanopia · #B8978E

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 #C024EE rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Silent Aurora
#0F25B4 · #733ADD · #C424E6 · #E958BE
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Crystal Lagoon
#5BE0E2 · #1D67E4 · #3917A7 · #C725E5
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#BF2EF0#C725E5#C72CE6#C52CF9#B819FA#B331F1#BA33E4#CC2FF8#C735E8#B931FC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #C024ED  ·  #C024EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #C024EE?

#C024EE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 192, 36, 238). Its closest standard named color is DarkOrchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #C024EE?

#C024EE is RGB 192, 36, 238 — HSL 286°, 86%, 54% — CMYK 19%, 85%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #C024EE?

Its complement is #54EF25; analogous partners are #5B25EF and #EF25B9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #C024EE for text?

Black text on #C024EE has a contrast ratio of 4.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.44:1.