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#CFA3FA — Light Vivid Purple

#CFA3FA is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #CFA3FA 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.

#CFA3FA is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CFFAA3; it also sits naturally between #A3A3FA and #FAA3FA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CFA3FA · RGB 207, 163, 250

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Color values

HEX#CFA3FA
RGB207, 163, 250
HSL270°, 90%, 81%
HSV270°, 35%, 98%
CMYK17%, 35%, 0%, 2%
XYZ56.08, 46.36, 96.44
Yxy46.36, 0.2820, 0.2331
CIE-Lab73.78, 32.40, -37.28
Hunter Lab68.09, 32.01, -41.55

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 64% · Blue 98%

Cyan 17% · Magenta 35% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CFA3FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CFA3FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CFA3FA

.text { color: #CFA3FA; }
.background { background-color: #CFA3FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFA3FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 163, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(270, 90%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFA3FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 163, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFA3FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 163, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CFA3FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CFA3FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CFA3FA

#BA7CF8#A85AF6#9434F4#800DF2#6E0BD0#5909AA#450783#30055C#1F033A#0A0113

Tints of #CFA3FA

#D4ADFB#D6B1FB#DBBBFB#DEC0FC#E3CAFC#E6CFFC#EBD8FD#EDDDFD#F2E7FE#F5ECFE

Tones of #CFA3FA

#CFA9F4#CFB0EE#CFB6E7#CFBCE1#CFC2DB#CFC8D5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CFFAA3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.04:1 Fails
Against black text10.27:1 AAA

Best text color on #CFA3FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFA3FA

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 #CFA3FA: ·

How #CFA3FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BCBCE5Deuteranopia · #BFC2E0Tritanopia · #CDD4D1

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 · #D946EFBootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CFA3FA rather than the exact color:

Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7
Palette Fac0e1
#FAC0E1 · #CAA5F1 · #59D4E8 · #39BDC8
Dreamy Dusk
#3AC911 · #8DF15B · #C73CEE · #D4A0F1
Palette 8ef6e4
#8EF6E4 · #9896F1 · #D59BF6 · #EDB1F1
Palette 0c134f
#0C134F · #1D267D · #5C469C · #D4ADFC
Palette Bedcfa
#BEDCFA · #98ACF8 · #B088F9 · #DA9FF9

Similar colors

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

#D0A2F7#CAA5F1#D4A0F1#D59BF6#D4ADFC#DA9FF9#CB9DF0#DAABF7#D195F9#D9ACF5#C6A7EE#DAA5EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFA3F9  ·  #CFA3FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFA3FA?

#CFA3FA is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 207, 163, 250). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFA3FA?

#CFA3FA is RGB 207, 163, 250 — HSL 270°, 90%, 81% — CMYK 17%, 35%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #CFA3FA?

Its complement is #CFFAA3; analogous partners are #A3A3FA and #FAA3FA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFA3FA for text?

Black text on #CFA3FA has a contrast ratio of 10.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.04:1.