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#CB89FA — Light Vivid Purple

#CB89FA is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: violet (#EE82EE) — not an exact match. CSS violet gives you #EE82EE, a different color; use #CB89FA 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.

#CB89FA 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 #B8FA89; it also sits naturally between #9389FA and #FA89F1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CB89FA · RGB 203, 137, 250

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Color values

HEX#CB89FA
RGB203, 137, 250
HSL275°, 92%, 76%
HSV275°, 45%, 98%
CMYK19%, 45%, 0%, 2%
XYZ50.83, 37.49, 95.00
Yxy37.49, 0.2773, 0.2045
CIE-Lab67.64, 45.32, -46.90
Hunter Lab61.23, 45.01, -54.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 54% · Blue 98%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 45% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CB89FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CB89FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CB89FA

.text { color: #CB89FA; }
.background { background-color: #CB89FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CB89FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(203, 137, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(275, 92%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CB89FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(203, 137, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CB89FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(203, 137, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CB89FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CB89FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CB89FA

#BC67F9#AD45F7#9C1EF6#8A0AE6#7608C4#6107A2#4C057F#350458#200236#0C0114

Tints of #CB89FA

#D093FB#D49DFB#D8A7FB#DCB1FC#E1BAFC#E5C4FD#E9CEFD#EED8FD#F2E2FE#F6EBFE

Tones of #CB89FA

#CA91F2#C999EA#C7A1E2#C6AADA#C4B2D2#C3BACA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B8FA89:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.47:1 Fails
Against black text8.50:1 AAA

Best text color on #CB89FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CB89FA

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 #CB89FA: ·

How #CB89FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AEAEDFDeuteranopia · #B2B7D8Tritanopia · #C8C9C4

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 purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CB89FA rather than the exact color:

Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #CDE8F6 · #D195F9 · #0033C7
Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette 4e56c0
#4E56C0 · #9B5DE0 · #D78FEE · #FDCFFA
Misty Canyon
#DAA5EE · #CD82E9 · #741895 · #3A0A4C
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Palette F2afef
#F2AFEF · #C499F3 · #7360DF · #33186B

Similar colors

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

#D195F9#C77DFF#D78FEE#CD82E9#D67BFF#C499F3#DC84F3#B983FF#DD85F0#D59BF6#BC7AF9#DC95FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CB89F9  ·  #CB89FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CB89FA?

#CB89FA is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 203, 137, 250). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CB89FA?

#CB89FA is RGB 203, 137, 250 — HSL 275°, 92%, 76% — CMYK 19%, 45%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #CB89FA?

Its complement is #B8FA89; analogous partners are #9389FA and #FA89F1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CB89FA for text?

Black text on #CB89FA has a contrast ratio of 8.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.47:1.