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#CB89FB — Light Vivid Purple

#CB89FB 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 #CB89FB 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.

#CB89FB 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 #B8FB89; it also sits naturally between #9289FB and #FB89F1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CB89FB · RGB 203, 137, 251

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Color values

HEX#CB89FB
RGB203, 137, 251
HSL275°, 93%, 76%
HSV275°, 45%, 98%
CMYK19%, 45%, 0%, 2%
XYZ50.99, 37.55, 95.83
Yxy37.55, 0.2765, 0.2037
CIE-Lab67.69, 45.53, -47.37
Hunter Lab61.28, 45.26, -55.20

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 #CB89FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CB89FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CB89FB

.text { color: #CB89FB; }
.background { background-color: #CB89FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CB89FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(203, 137, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(275, 93%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CB89FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(203, 137, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CB89FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(203, 137, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CB89FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CB89FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CB89FB

#BC66F9#AD44F8#9C1DF7#8A08E7#7607C5#6106A2#4D0580#350359#200236#0C0114

Tints of #CB89FB

#D093FB#D49DFB#D8A6FC#DDB0FC#E1BAFD#E5C4FD#E9CEFD#EED8FE#F2E1FE#F6EBFE

Tones of #CB89FB

#CA91F3#C999EA#C7A1E2#C6A9DA#C5B1D2#C3BACA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B8FB89:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.47:1 Fails
Against black text8.51:1 AAA

Best text color on #CB89FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CB89FB

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 #CB89FB: ·

How #CB89FB 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 · #B2B7D9Tritanopia · #C8CAC5

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 #CB89FB rather than the exact color:

Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #CDE8F6 · #D195F9 · #0033C7
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Palette 4e56c0
#4E56C0 · #9B5DE0 · #D78FEE · #FDCFFA
Palette F2afef
#F2AFEF · #C499F3 · #7360DF · #33186B
Palette B983ff
#B983FF · #94B3FD · #94DAFF · #99FEFF

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CB89FA  ·  #CB89FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CB89FB?

#CB89FB is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 203, 137, 251). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CB89FB?

#CB89FB is RGB 203, 137, 251 — HSL 275°, 93%, 76% — CMYK 19%, 45%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #CB89FB?

Its complement is #B8FB89; analogous partners are #9289FB and #FB89F1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CB89FB for text?

Black text on #CB89FB has a contrast ratio of 8.51:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.47:1.