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#CD47ED — Vivid Purple

#CD47ED 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 #CD47ED 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.

#CD47ED 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 #67ED45; it also sits naturally between #7845ED and #ED45BA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CD47ED · RGB 205, 71, 237

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Color values

HEX#CD47ED
RGB205, 71, 237
HSL288°, 82%, 60%
HSV288°, 70%, 93%
CMYK14%, 70%, 0%, 7%
XYZ42.72, 23.60, 82.42
Yxy23.60, 0.2872, 0.1587
CIE-Lab55.69, 74.00, -58.68
Hunter Lab48.58, 75.72, -71.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 28% · Blue 93%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 70% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CD47ED on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CD47ED on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CD47ED

.text { color: #CD47ED; }
.background { background-color: #CD47ED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CD47ED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(205, 71, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(288, 82%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CD47ED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(205, 71, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CD47ED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(205, 71, 237, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CD47ED">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CD47ED">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CD47ED

#C32AEA#BA16E3#A414C8#9111B0#7A0F95#630C79#500A61#390746#26052E#0F0213

Tints of #CD47ED

#D058EE#D466F0#D978F2#DD86F3#E399F5#E8ABF7#ECB9F8#F1CCFA#F5DAFB#FAECFD

Tones of #CD47ED

#C452E0#BD5DD5#B669C9#AE75BD#A782B0#A08DA5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #67ED45:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.67:1 AA large only
Against black text5.72:1 AA

Best text color on #CD47ED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CD47ED

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 #CD47ED: ·

How #CD47ED looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9392C5Deuteranopia · #9BA5BBTritanopia · #C6A59E

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 #CD47ED rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4
Amber Tempest
#499AE1 · #2835E2 · #7D3DDF · #D241EA
Dreamy Dusk
#3AC911 · #8DF15B · #C73CEE · #D4A0F1
Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4
Mellow Aurora
#17A296 · #D644E4 · #D8C81F · #A7E9DE
Dusty Ruby Bloom
#CC4AE0 · #D71C85 · #F0504E · #B87415

Similar colors

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

#C94EEF#D241EA#C73CEE#C147E9#D644E4#CC4AE0#D04BDF#D250FA#D754EA#C942FD#C93DFB#BD4DE4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CD47EC  ·  #CD47EE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CD47ED?

#CD47ED is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 205, 71, 237). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CD47ED?

#CD47ED is RGB 205, 71, 237 — HSL 288°, 82%, 60% — CMYK 14%, 70%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #CD47ED?

Its complement is #67ED45; analogous partners are #7845ED and #ED45BA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CD47ED for text?

Black text on #CD47ED has a contrast ratio of 5.72:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.67:1.