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#D690FA — Light Vivid Purple

#D690FA 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 #D690FA 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.

#D690FA 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 #B3FA8F; it also sits naturally between #A18FFA and #FA8FE8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#D690FA · RGB 214, 144, 250

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Color values

HEX#D690FA
RGB214, 144, 250
HSL280°, 91%, 77%
HSV280°, 42%, 98%
CMYK14%, 42%, 0%, 2%
XYZ54.96, 41.14, 95.49
Yxy41.14, 0.2869, 0.2148
CIE-Lab70.28, 44.67, -42.68
Hunter Lab64.14, 44.82, -48.65

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 84% · Green 56% · Blue 98%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 42% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #D690FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #D690FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #D690FA

.text { color: #D690FA; }
.background { background-color: #D690FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #D690FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(214, 144, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(280, 91%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #D690FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(214, 144, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #D690FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(214, 144, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#D690FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#D690FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #D690FA

#CA6DF8#BB46F6#AF24F5#A00BEA#8809C8#6E08A1#56067F#3F045D#250336#0D0113

Tints of #D690FA

#DA99FA#DDA2FB#E1ACFB#E4B6FC#E8C0FC#EAC5FC#EDCEFD#F1D8FD#F4E2FE#F8ECFE

Tones of #D690FA

#D497F2#D19EEA#CFA6E3#CCADDB#C9B5D4#C7BDCC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3FA8F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.28:1 Fails
Against black text9.23:1 AAA

Best text color on #D690FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #D690FA

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 #D690FA: ·

How #D690FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B8B7E0Deuteranopia · #BCC1DATritanopia · #D2CCC8

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 #D690FA rather than the exact color:

Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #CDE8F6 · #D195F9 · #0033C7
Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
Palette 8ef6e4
#8EF6E4 · #9896F1 · #D59BF6 · #EDB1F1
Palette 4e56c0
#4E56C0 · #9B5DE0 · #D78FEE · #FDCFFA
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
Palette Bedcfa
#BEDCFA · #98ACF8 · #B088F9 · #DA9FF9

Similar colors

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

#D195F9#DC95FF#D59BF6#D78FEE#DC84F3#DA9FF9#DD85F0#E384FF#D4A0F1#E49BFF#D0A2F7#CB9DF0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #D690F9  ·  #D690FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #D690FA?

#D690FA is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 214, 144, 250). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #D690FA?

#D690FA is RGB 214, 144, 250 — HSL 280°, 91%, 77% — CMYK 14%, 42%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #D690FA?

Its complement is #B3FA8F; analogous partners are #A18FFA and #FA8FE8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #D690FA for text?

Black text on #D690FA has a contrast ratio of 9.23:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.28:1.