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#CD47EA — Vivid Purple

#CD47EA 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 #CD47EA 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.

#CD47EA 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 #65EB47; it also sits naturally between #7B47EB and #EB47B7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CD47EA · RGB 205, 71, 234

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Color values

HEX#CD47EA
RGB205, 71, 234
HSL289°, 80%, 60%
HSV289°, 70%, 92%
CMYK12%, 70%, 0%, 8%
XYZ42.28, 23.43, 80.14
Yxy23.43, 0.2899, 0.1606
CIE-Lab55.51, 73.46, -57.28
Hunter Lab48.40, 74.99, -69.49

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 28% · Blue 92%

Cyan 12% · Magenta 70% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CD47EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CD47EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CD47EA

.text { color: #CD47EA; }
.background { background-color: #CD47EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CD47EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(205, 71, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(289, 80%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CD47EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(205, 71, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CD47EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(205, 71, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CD47EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CD47EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CD47EA

#C52CE8#BC19E1#A516C5#9213AE#7B1093#640D77#510B60#3A0845#26052E#0F0212

Tints of #CD47EA

#D25AED#D568EE#DB7AF0#DE88F2#E39AF4#E8ACF6#ECBAF7#F1CDF9#F5DAFB#FAEDFD

Tones of #CD47EA

#C653DF#BE5FD3#B76AC8#AF76BC#A882B0#A08EA4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #65EB47:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.69:1 AA large only
Against black text5.69:1 AA

Best text color on #CD47EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CD47EA

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 #CD47EA: ·

How #CD47EA 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 · #9BA5B9Tritanopia · #C6A39D

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 #CD47EA rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#D241EA#C94EEF#CC4AE0#D644E4#C147E9#D04BDF#C73CEE#D754EA#BD4DE4#D84FDE#D250FA#C735E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CD47E9  ·  #CD47EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CD47EA?

#CD47EA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 205, 71, 234). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CD47EA?

#CD47EA is RGB 205, 71, 234 — HSL 289°, 80%, 60% — CMYK 12%, 70%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #CD47EA?

Its complement is #65EB47; analogous partners are #7B47EB and #EB47B7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CD47EA for text?

Black text on #CD47EA has a contrast ratio of 5.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.69:1.