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#CF4AED — Vivid Purple

#CF4AED 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 #CF4AED 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.

#CF4AED 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 #68ED4A; it also sits naturally between #7E4AED and #ED4AB9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CF4AED · RGB 207, 74, 237

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Color values

HEX#CF4AED
RGB207, 74, 237
HSL289°, 82%, 61%
HSV289°, 69%, 93%
CMYK13%, 69%, 0%, 7%
XYZ43.47, 24.28, 82.52
Yxy24.28, 0.2893, 0.1616
CIE-Lab56.36, 73.31, -57.58
Hunter Lab49.27, 75.05, -70.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 29% · Blue 93%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 69% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CF4AED on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CF4AED on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CF4AED

.text { color: #CF4AED; }
.background { background-color: #CF4AED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CF4AED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 74, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(289, 82%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CF4AED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 74, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CF4AED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 74, 237, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CF4AED">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CF4AED">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CF4AED

#C82EEA#C217E8#AA14CC#9311B0#800F99#690C7D#510A61#3A0746#27052E#0F0213

Tints of #CF4AED

#D45DEF#D86AF0#DD7DF2#E08BF4#E59EF5#E9ABF7#EEBEF9#F2CCFA#F6DFFC#FAECFD

Tones of #CF4AED

#C856E1#C161D6#B96DCA#B279BE#AA85B2#A390A7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #68ED4A:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.59:1 AA large only
Against black text5.86:1 AA

Best text color on #CF4AED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CF4AED

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 #CF4AED: ·

How #CF4AED looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9594C6Deuteranopia · #9DA7BCTritanopia · #C8A6A0

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 #CF4AED rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4
Amber Tempest
#499AE1 · #2835E2 · #7D3DDF · #D241EA
Mellow Aurora
#17A296 · #D644E4 · #D8C81F · #A7E9DE
Dusty Ruby Saffron
#28AC15 · #9EEE74 · #D754EA · #EB98EB
Dusty Ruby Bloom
#CC4AE0 · #D71C85 · #F0504E · #B87415
Golden Cascade
#0F3191 · #5323BA · #D04BDF · #E82087

Similar colors

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

#C94EEF#D241EA#D644E4#D754EA#CC4AE0#D04BDF#D250FA#C147E9#C73CEE#DC53F1#D84FDE#C942FD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CF4AEC  ·  #CF4AEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CF4AED?

#CF4AED is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 207, 74, 237). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CF4AED?

#CF4AED is RGB 207, 74, 237 — HSL 289°, 82%, 61% — CMYK 13%, 69%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #CF4AED?

Its complement is #68ED4A; analogous partners are #7E4AED and #ED4AB9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CF4AED for text?

Black text on #CF4AED has a contrast ratio of 5.86:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.59:1.