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#C233FF — Vivid Purple

#C233FF is a purple color we call Vivid 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 #C233FF 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.

#C233FF 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 #70FF33; it also sits naturally between #5C33FF and #FF33D6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#C233FF · RGB 194, 51, 255

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Color values

HEX#C233FF
RGB194, 51, 255
HSL282°, 100%, 60%
HSV282°, 80%, 100%
CMYK24%, 80%, 0%, 0%
XYZ41.48, 21.06, 96.49
Yxy21.06, 0.2609, 0.1324
CIE-Lab53.01, 81.80, -73.12
Hunter Lab45.89, 84.84, -98.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 76% · Green 20% · Blue 100%

Cyan 24% · Magenta 80% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #C233FF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #C233FF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #C233FF

.text { color: #C233FF; }
.background { background-color: #C233FF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #C233FF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(194, 51, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(282, 100%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #C233FF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(194, 51, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #C233FF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(194, 51, 255, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#C233FF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#C233FF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #C233FF

#B914FF#AF00FA#9A00DB#8800C2#7200A3#5D0085#4B006B#36004D#240033#0E0014

Tints of #C233FF

#C847FF#CD57FF#D36BFF#D77AFF#DD8FFF#E3A3FF#E8B3FF#EEC7FF#F3D6FF#F9EBFF

Tones of #C233FF

#BC41F1#B651E1#B05FD3#AB6DC5#A57BB7#9F8BA7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #70FF33:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.03:1 AA large only
Against black text5.21:1 AA

Best text color on #C233FF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #C233FF

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 #C233FF: ·

How #C233FF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8483CEDeuteranopia · #8C97C2Tritanopia · #BBA79E

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 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #C233FF rather than the exact color:

Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Cosmic Twilight
#0D2724 · #F9CA1E · #4D44FE · #C52CF9
Misty Ruby Drift
#24160D · #CC2FF8 · #395EF9 · #9A1CFD
Cosmic Ruby Lagoon
#38180C · #C93DFB · #ABF723 · #FB2AC9
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC

Similar colors

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

#B931FC#C52CF9#CC2FF8#C93DFB#BF2EF0#B235FC#C942FD#B13BFF#C73CEE#B331F1#B242FE#D930FC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #C233FE  ·  #C23400 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #C233FF?

#C233FF is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 194, 51, 255). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #C233FF?

#C233FF is RGB 194, 51, 255 — HSL 282°, 100%, 60% — CMYK 24%, 80%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #C233FF?

Its complement is #70FF33; analogous partners are #5C33FF and #FF33D6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #C233FF for text?

Black text on #C233FF has a contrast ratio of 5.21:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.03:1.