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#DA72FA — Light Vivid Purple

#DA72FA 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 #DA72FA 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.

#DA72FA 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 #90FA70; it also sits naturally between #9570FA and #FA70D5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DA72FA · RGB 218, 114, 250

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Color values

HEX#DA72FA
RGB218, 114, 250
HSL286°, 93%, 71%
HSV286°, 54%, 98%
CMYK13%, 54%, 0%, 2%
XYZ52.19, 33.84, 94.22
Yxy33.84, 0.2895, 0.1877
CIE-Lab64.84, 60.99, -51.21
Hunter Lab58.17, 62.41, -60.72

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 45% · Blue 98%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 54% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DA72FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DA72FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DA72FA

.text { color: #DA72FA; }
.background { background-color: #DA72FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DA72FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 114, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 93%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DA72FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 114, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DA72FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 114, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DA72FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DA72FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DA72FA

#D14EF9#C930F8#C00EF6#A808D9#9107BB#760699#5C0476#410354#2A0236#0F0114

Tints of #DA72FA

#DE7FFA#E089FB#E498FB#E7A1FC#EAB0FC#EDBAFD#F1C9FD#F3D3FD#F7E1FE#FAEBFE

Tones of #DA72FA

#D57AF0#CF84E6#CA8EDC#C597D3#C0A1C9#BAABBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #90FA70:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.70:1 Fails
Against black text7.77:1 AAA

Best text color on #DA72FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DA72FA

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 #DA72FA: ·

How #DA72FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ADACD9Deuteranopia · #B3BBD1Tritanopia · #D5BFB9

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DA72FA rather than the exact color:

Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Hidden Ruby Aurora
#D770EF · #E559BE · #E36C8B · #D03C16
Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Burning Whisper
#4FC8E4 · #678BE7 · #7A58DE · #D276EC
Scarlet Ruby Drift
#921EC1 · #D777EA · #6CE13D · #CEF0BB
Lucky Ruby Monsoon
#E5ABF2 · #D577E9 · #B11FD1 · #811B97

Similar colors

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

#D67BFF#D770EF#E173EE#D276EC#D777EA#D577E9#CF6BED#CE6EEC#DC84F3#E57AEB#E384FF#D86CE6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DA72F9  ·  #DA72FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DA72FA?

#DA72FA is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 218, 114, 250). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DA72FA?

#DA72FA is RGB 218, 114, 250 — HSL 286°, 93%, 71% — CMYK 13%, 54%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #DA72FA?

Its complement is #90FA70; analogous partners are #9570FA and #FA70D5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DA72FA for text?

Black text on #DA72FA has a contrast ratio of 7.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.70:1.