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#C032EC — Vivid Purple

#C032EC 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 #C032EC 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.

#C032EC 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 #5DEC32; it also sits naturally between #6332EC and #EC32BA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#C032EC · RGB 192, 50, 236

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Color values

HEX#C032EC
RGB192, 50, 236
HSL286°, 83%, 56%
HSV286°, 79%, 93%
CMYK19%, 79%, 0%, 7%
XYZ38.02, 19.54, 81.13
Yxy19.54, 0.2741, 0.1409
CIE-Lab51.32, 78.24, -65.25
Hunter Lab44.21, 79.75, -83.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 20% · Blue 93%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 79% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #C032EC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #C032EC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #C032EC

.text { color: #C032EC; }
.background { background-color: #C032EC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #C032EC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(192, 50, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 83%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #C032EC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(192, 50, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #C032EC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(192, 50, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#C032EC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#C032EC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #C032EC

#B91AEA#A914D7#9311BB#810FA3#6E0D8C#5C0B75#4A095D#340641#21042A#0F0213

Tints of #C032EC

#C644EE#CC57EF#D26AF1#D77CF3#DD8FF5#E3A2F6#E8B4F8#EEC7FA#F4DAFC#F9ECFD

Tones of #C032EC

#B93FDE#B24DD1#AB5AC4#A466B7#9D74AA#96819C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5DEC32:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.28:1 AA large only
Against black text4.91:1 AA

Best text color on #C032EC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #C032EC

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 #C032EC: ·

How #C032EC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8381BFDeuteranopia · #8B95B4Tritanopia · #B99B94

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 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #C032EC rather than the exact color:

Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Wild Ember
#621090 · #C735E8 · #92ED5E · #CCF3BA
Vivid Aurora
#3C28B0 · #BA33E4 · #BF2D89 · #E0383B
Smoky Ruby Drift
#0E376C · #10128E · #782FE0 · #C72CE6
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Dreamy Dusk
#3AC911 · #8DF15B · #C73CEE · #D4A0F1

Similar colors

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

#BF2EF0#C735E8#BA33E4#C72CE6#BF27EB#C73CEE#B331F1#C52CF9#C424E6#C725E5#CC2FF8#B234E2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #C032EB  ·  #C032ED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #C032EC?

#C032EC is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 192, 50, 236). Its closest standard named color is DarkOrchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #C032EC?

#C032EC is RGB 192, 50, 236 — HSL 286°, 83%, 56% — CMYK 19%, 79%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #C032EC?

Its complement is #5DEC32; analogous partners are #6332EC and #EC32BA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #C032EC for text?

Black text on #C032EC has a contrast ratio of 4.91:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.28:1.