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#CC48EA — Vivid Purple

#CC48EA is a purple color we call 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 #CC48EA 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.

#CC48EA 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 #66EA48; it also sits naturally between #7B48EA and #EA48B7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CC48EA · RGB 204, 72, 234

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Color values

HEX#CC48EA
RGB204, 72, 234
HSL289°, 79%, 60%
HSV289°, 69%, 92%
CMYK13%, 69%, 0%, 8%
XYZ42.07, 23.41, 80.14
Yxy23.41, 0.2889, 0.1608
CIE-Lab55.49, 72.88, -57.31
Hunter Lab48.39, 74.27, -69.54

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 28% · Blue 92%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 69% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CC48EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CC48EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CC48EA

.text { color: #CC48EA; }
.background { background-color: #CC48EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CC48EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(204, 72, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(289, 79%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CC48EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(204, 72, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CC48EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(204, 72, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CC48EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CC48EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CC48EA

#C42DE6#BB1AE0#A517C4#9114AD#7A1192#630E77#500B60#390844#26052E#0F0212

Tints of #CC48EA

#D15BEC#D568ED#DA7BEF#DE88F1#E39BF3#E8ADF5#ECBBF7#F1CDF9#F5DAFB#FAEDFD

Tones of #CC48EA

#C554DE#BD60D2#B66BC7#AF76BC#A882B0#A08EA4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #66EA48:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.70:1 AA large only
Against black text5.68:1 AA

Best text color on #CC48EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CC48EA

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 #CC48EA: ·

How #CC48EA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9392C3Deuteranopia · #9BA4B9Tritanopia · #C5A49D

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 #CC48EA rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4
Amber Tempest
#499AE1 · #2835E2 · #7D3DDF · #D241EA
Dusty Ruby Bloom
#CC4AE0 · #D71C85 · #F0504E · #B87415
Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4
Golden Cascade
#0F3191 · #5323BA · #D04BDF · #E82087
Mellow Aurora
#17A296 · #D644E4 · #D8C81F · #A7E9DE

Similar colors

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

#C94EEF#D241EA#CC4AE0#C147E9#D04BDF#D644E4#C73CEE#D754EA#BD4DE4#D84FDE#D250FA#C949D7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CC48E9  ·  #CC48EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CC48EA?

#CC48EA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 204, 72, 234). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CC48EA?

#CC48EA is RGB 204, 72, 234 — HSL 289°, 79%, 60% — CMYK 13%, 69%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #CC48EA?

Its complement is #66EA48; analogous partners are #7B48EA and #EA48B7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CC48EA for text?

Black text on #CC48EA has a contrast ratio of 5.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.70:1.