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#CC91FC — Light Vivid Purple

#CC91FC is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #CC91FC 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.

#CC91FC is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C2FC92; it also sits naturally between #9792FC and #FC92F7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CC91FC · RGB 204, 145, 252

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Color values

HEX#CC91FC
RGB204, 145, 252
HSL273°, 95%, 78%
HSV273°, 42%, 99%
CMYK19%, 42%, 0%, 1%
XYZ52.60, 40.12, 97.07
Yxy40.12, 0.2772, 0.2114
CIE-Lab69.55, 41.74, -44.98
Hunter Lab63.34, 41.42, -51.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 57% · Blue 99%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 42% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CC91FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CC91FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CC91FC

.text { color: #CC91FC; }
.background { background-color: #CC91FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CC91FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(204, 145, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(273, 95%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CC91FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(204, 145, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CC91FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(204, 145, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CC91FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CC91FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CC91FC

#BC6FFB#AA47FA#9924F9#8606EF#7205CC#5F04A9#490381#35025E#1F0137#0B0114

Tints of #CC91FC

#D19CFC#D5A5FD#D8AAFD#DCB4FD#E1BEFD#E6C8FE#EAD2FE#EDD7FE#F1E1FE#F6EBFE

Tones of #CC91FC

#CB99F4#CBA1ED#CAA9E5#C9B0DE#C8B8D6#C8BFCF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C2FC92:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.33:1 Fails
Against black text9.02:1 AAA

Best text color on #CC91FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CC91FC

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 #CC91FC: ·

How #CC91FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B2B2E2Deuteranopia · #B6BADCTritanopia · #C9CEC9

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 #CC91FC rather than the exact color:

Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #CDE8F6 · #D195F9 · #0033C7
Palette F2afef
#F2AFEF · #C499F3 · #7360DF · #33186B
Palette 8ef6e4
#8EF6E4 · #9896F1 · #D59BF6 · #EDB1F1
Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
Palette Cb9df0
#CB9DF0 · #F0C1E1 · #FDDBBB · #FFF9BF
Palette 4e56c0
#4E56C0 · #9B5DE0 · #D78FEE · #FDCFFA

Similar colors

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

#D195F9#C499F3#D59BF6#DC95FF#CB9DF0#D78FEE#D0A2F7#DA9FF9#D4A0F1#C77DFF#C49AEB#B693FE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CC91FB  ·  #CC91FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CC91FC?

#CC91FC is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 204, 145, 252). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CC91FC?

#CC91FC is RGB 204, 145, 252 — HSL 273°, 95%, 78% — CMYK 19%, 42%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #CC91FC?

Its complement is #C2FC92; analogous partners are #9792FC and #FC92F7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CC91FC for text?

Black text on #CC91FC has a contrast ratio of 9.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.33:1.