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#CD28FB — Vivid Purple

#CD28FB is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Fuchsia (#FF00FF). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: fuchsia (#FF00FF) — not an exact match. CSS fuchsia gives you #FF00FF, a different color; use #CD28FB 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.

#CD28FB 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 #56FB28; it also sits naturally between #6428FB and #FB28BF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CD28FB · RGB 205, 40, 251

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Color values

HEX#CD28FB
RGB205, 40, 251
HSL287°, 96%, 57%
HSV287°, 84%, 98%
CMYK18%, 84%, 0%, 2%
XYZ43.35, 21.46, 93.12
Yxy21.46, 0.2745, 0.1359
CIE-Lab53.45, 85.51, -70.10
Hunter Lab46.33, 89.83, -92.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 16% · Blue 98%

Cyan 18% · Magenta 84% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CD28FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CD28FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CD28FB

.text { color: #CD28FB; }
.background { background-color: #CD28FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CD28FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(205, 40, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(287, 96%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CD28FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(205, 40, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CD28FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(205, 40, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CD28FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CD28FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CD28FB

#C70FFA#B505E6#A104CD#8E04B4#7A039B#62037D#4F0264#3B024B#23012D#100014

Tints of #CD28FB

#D23CFB#D650FB#DB64FC#E078FC#E48CFD#E89BFD#ECAFFD#F1C3FE#F6D7FE#FAEBFF

Tones of #CD28FB

#C437EB#BC46DD#B455CE#AB64BE#A274AF#9A82A1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #56FB28:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.97:1 AA large only
Against black text5.29:1 AA

Best text color on #CD28FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CD28FB

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 #CD28FB: ·

How #CD28FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8684C8Deuteranopia · #8F9CBCTritanopia · #C5A097

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CD28FB rather than the exact color:

Misty Ruby Drift
#24160D · #CC2FF8 · #395EF9 · #9A1CFD
Cosmic Twilight
#0D2724 · #F9CA1E · #4D44FE · #C52CF9
Amber Ruby Canyon
#0E1A22 · #43F784 · #F8A321 · #D82EF7
Hidden Twilight
#0C2314 · #F8185B · #4172FD · #D930FC
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Frozen Ruby Mosaic
#880FB1 · #D731ED · #78F04F · #A1EF97

Similar colors

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

#CC2FF8#C52CF9#D82EF7#D930FC#BF2EF0#D731ED#D835F0#BF27EB#C93DFB#B931FC#C72CE6#C725E5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CD28FA  ·  #CD28FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CD28FB?

#CD28FB is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 205, 40, 251). Its closest standard named color is Fuchsia.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CD28FB?

#CD28FB is RGB 205, 40, 251 — HSL 287°, 96%, 57% — CMYK 18%, 84%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #CD28FB?

Its complement is #56FB28; analogous partners are #6428FB and #FB28BF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CD28FB for text?

Black text on #CD28FB has a contrast ratio of 5.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.97:1.