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#CB69FD — Light Vivid Purple

#CB69FD is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orchid (#DA70D6) — not an exact match. CSS orchid gives you #DA70D6, a different color; use #CB69FD 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.

#CB69FD 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 #9AFD68; it also sits naturally between #8168FD and #FD68E4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CB69FD · RGB 203, 105, 253

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Color values

HEX#CB69FD
RGB203, 105, 253
HSL280°, 97%, 70%
HSV280°, 58%, 99%
CMYK20%, 58%, 0%, 1%
XYZ47.41, 29.89, 96.20
Yxy29.89, 0.2733, 0.1723
CIE-Lab61.56, 62.22, -58.19
Hunter Lab54.67, 63.01, -71.68

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 41% · Blue 99%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 58% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CB69FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CB69FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CB69FD

.text { color: #CB69FD; }
.background { background-color: #CB69FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CB69FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(203, 105, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(280, 97%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CB69FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(203, 105, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CB69FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(203, 105, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CB69FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CB69FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CB69FD

#BF45FC#B527FC#A904FB#9403DD#7D03BA#650297#510279#390155#250137#0D0014

Tints of #CB69FD

#D077FD#D481FD#D990FD#DC9BFD#E2AAFE#E7B9FE#EAC3FE#EFD2FE#F3DCFE#F8EBFF

Tones of #CB69FD

#C873F2#C47EE7#C188DD#BD92D3#BA9DC8#B6A8BD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9AFD68:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.01:1 AA large only
Against black text6.98:1 AA

Best text color on #CB69FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CB69FD

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 #CB69FD: ·

How #CB69FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A1A0D9Deuteranopia · #A6AED1Tritanopia · #C6BDB7

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CB69FD rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Bloom
#16C3CE · #84AAEB · #4A27D6 · #CF6BED
Tender Ruby Canyon
#5C46DC · #CE6EEC · #AC1573 · #E21B1D
Gentle Ruby Horizon
#62109C · #C260EF · #68DA16 · #C3F2B3
Hidden Ruby Aurora
#D770EF · #E559BE · #E36C8B · #D03C16
Palette 000000
#000000 · #52057B · #892CDC · #BC6FF1
Palette Ffee7d
#FFEE7D · #534C98 · #B767FF · #44FADD

Similar colors

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

#CF6BED#CE6EEC#C260EF#D770EF#BC6FF1#B767FF#C65FEC#C77DFF#D67BFF#D276EC#BA68EE#BC7AF9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CB69FC  ·  #CB69FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CB69FD?

#CB69FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 203, 105, 253). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CB69FD?

#CB69FD is RGB 203, 105, 253 — HSL 280°, 97%, 70% — CMYK 20%, 58%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #CB69FD?

Its complement is #9AFD68; analogous partners are #8168FD and #FD68E4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CB69FD for text?

Black text on #CB69FD has a contrast ratio of 6.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.01:1.