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#CD83FA — Light Vivid Purple

#CD83FA 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 #CD83FA 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.

#CD83FA 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 #B2FA85; it also sits naturally between #9285FA and #FA85EC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CD83FA · RGB 205, 131, 250

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Color values

HEX#CD83FA
RGB205, 131, 250
HSL277°, 92%, 75%
HSV277°, 48%, 98%
CMYK18%, 48%, 0%, 2%
XYZ50.55, 36.11, 94.75
Yxy36.11, 0.2786, 0.1991
CIE-Lab66.61, 49.03, -48.52
Hunter Lab60.09, 48.95, -56.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 51% · Blue 98%

Cyan 18% · Magenta 48% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CD83FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CD83FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CD83FA

.text { color: #CD83FA; }
.background { background-color: #CD83FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CD83FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(205, 131, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(277, 92%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CD83FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(205, 131, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CD83FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(205, 131, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CD83FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CD83FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CD83FA

#BF62F8#B140F7#A31EF6#920AE6#7C08C4#63079D#4D057A#380458#220236#0C0114

Tints of #CD83FA

#D18EFA#D598FB#D9A2FB#DDACFC#E3BAFC#E7C4FD#EBCEFD#EFD8FD#F3E2FE#F7EBFE

Tones of #CD83FA

#CB8DF2#C995E9#C79DE1#C5A6D8#C3AFD0#C1B7C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B2FA85:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.55:1 Fails
Against black text8.22:1 AAA

Best text color on #CD83FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CD83FA

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 #CD83FA: ·

How #CD83FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ADACDDDeuteranopia · #B1B7D6Tritanopia · #C9C6C1

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 #CD83FA rather than the exact color:

Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
Misty Canyon
#DAA5EE · #CD82E9 · #741895 · #3A0A4C
Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #CDE8F6 · #D195F9 · #0033C7
Vivid Ruby Lagoon
#DD85F0 · #D066E6 · #B927D8 · #530F61

Similar colors

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

#C77DFF#D67BFF#DC84F3#CD82E9#D195F9#DD85F0#BC7AF9#D78FEE#D276EC#B983FF#D577E9#D777EA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CD83F9  ·  #CD83FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CD83FA?

#CD83FA is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 205, 131, 250). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CD83FA?

#CD83FA is RGB 205, 131, 250 — HSL 277°, 92%, 75% — CMYK 18%, 48%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #CD83FA?

Its complement is #B2FA85; analogous partners are #9285FA and #FA85EC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CD83FA for text?

Black text on #CD83FA has a contrast ratio of 8.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.55:1.