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#D463EE — Light Vivid Purple

#D463EE is a purple color we call Light 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 #D463EE 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.

#D463EE 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 #7CEE63; it also sits naturally between #8F63EE and #EE63C2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#D463EE · RGB 212, 99, 238

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Color values

HEX#D463EE
RGB212, 99, 238
HSL289°, 80%, 66%
HSV289°, 58%, 93%
CMYK11%, 58%, 0%, 7%
XYZ47.05, 29.09, 84.02
Yxy29.09, 0.2937, 0.1816
CIE-Lab60.86, 64.20, -50.92
Hunter Lab53.94, 65.20, -59.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 83% · Green 39% · Blue 93%

Cyan 11% · Magenta 58% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #D463EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #D463EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #D463EE

.text { color: #D463EE; }
.background { background-color: #D463EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #D463EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(212, 99, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(289, 80%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #D463EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(212, 99, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #D463EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(212, 99, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#D463EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#D463EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #D463EE

#CD47EB#C52CE8#B518D8#9E15BC#8612A1#6F0F85#580C6A#3D0849#26052E#0F0212

Tints of #D463EE

#D871EF#DC7EF1#E08CF2#E39AF4#E7A8F5#EBB6F7#EFC3F8#F2D1FA#F6DFFB#FAEDFD

Tones of #D463EE

#CE6CE4#C877DA#C280D0#BB8BC6#B594BC#AE9FB2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7CEE63:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.08:1 AA large only
Against black text6.82:1 AA

Best text color on #D463EE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #D463EE

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 #D463EE: ·

How #D463EE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A3A2CCDeuteranopia · #AAB2C4Tritanopia · #CEB2AC

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 #D463EE rather than the exact color:

Vivid Ruby Lagoon
#DD85F0 · #D066E6 · #B927D8 · #530F61
Gentle Ruby Bloom
#16C3CE · #84AAEB · #4A27D6 · #CF6BED
Velvet Ruby Marble
#134FA9 · #4D1CE5 · #DA5AEC · #F4A0C9
Tender Ruby Canyon
#5C46DC · #CE6EEC · #AC1573 · #E21B1D
Honey Solace
#B375E9 · #D86CE6 · #D11DA5 · #B3285F
Hidden Ruby Aurora
#D770EF · #E559BE · #E36C8B · #D03C16

Similar colors

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

#D066E6#CF6BED#DA5AEC#CE6EEC#D86CE6#D770EF#E15FED#C65FEC#D754EA#DC53F1#C260EF#D858DF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #D463ED  ·  #D463EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #D463EE?

#D463EE is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 212, 99, 238). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #D463EE?

#D463EE is RGB 212, 99, 238 — HSL 289°, 80%, 66% — CMYK 11%, 58%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #D463EE?

Its complement is #7CEE63; analogous partners are #8F63EE and #EE63C2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #D463EE for text?

Black text on #D463EE has a contrast ratio of 6.82:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.08:1.