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#CD7EFC — Light Vivid Purple

#CD7EFC is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: violet (#EE82EE) — not an exact match. CSS violet gives you #EE82EE, a different color; use #CD7EFC 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.

#CD7EFC 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 #ACFC7E; it also sits naturally between #8F7EFC and #FC7EEB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CD7EFC · RGB 205, 126, 252

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Color values

HEX#CD7EFC
RGB205, 126, 252
HSL278°, 95%, 74%
HSV278°, 50%, 99%
CMYK19%, 50%, 0%, 1%
XYZ50.21, 34.93, 96.19
Yxy34.93, 0.2769, 0.1926
CIE-Lab65.69, 52.06, -51.06
Hunter Lab59.10, 52.19, -60.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 49% · Blue 99%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 50% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CD7EFC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CD7EFC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CD7EFC

.text { color: #CD7EFC; }
.background { background-color: #CD7EFC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CD7EFC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(205, 126, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(278, 95%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CD7EFC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(205, 126, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CD7EFC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(205, 126, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CD7EFC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CD7EFC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CD7EFC

#C05BFB#B338FA#A615F9#9306E5#7D05C2#66049F#50037C#3A025A#230137#0D0114

Tints of #CD7EFC

#D188FC#D592FC#DBA1FD#DFAAFD#E2B4FD#E6BEFD#EAC8FE#F0D7FE#F4E1FE#F7EBFE

Tones of #CD7EFC

#CB87F2#C990EA#C699E1#C4A2D8#C1ABCF#BFB3C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ACFC7E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.63:1 Fails
Against black text7.99:1 AAA

Best text color on #CD7EFC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CD7EFC

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 #CD7EFC: ·

How #CD7EFC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ABAADEDeuteranopia · #AFB5D6Tritanopia · #C9C5C0

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 #CD7EFC rather than the exact color:

Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
Burning Whisper
#4FC8E4 · #678BE7 · #7A58DE · #D276EC
Misty Canyon
#DAA5EE · #CD82E9 · #741895 · #3A0A4C

Similar colors

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

#C77DFF#D67BFF#BC7AF9#DC84F3#D276EC#CD82E9#B983FF#DD85F0#D770EF#D777EA#D577E9#CE6EEC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CD7EFB  ·  #CD7EFD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CD7EFC?

#CD7EFC is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 205, 126, 252). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CD7EFC?

#CD7EFC is RGB 205, 126, 252 — HSL 278°, 95%, 74% — CMYK 19%, 50%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #CD7EFC?

Its complement is #ACFC7E; analogous partners are #8F7EFC and #FC7EEB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CD7EFC for text?

Black text on #CD7EFC has a contrast ratio of 7.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.63:1.