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#DA72FB — Light Vivid Purple

#DA72FB 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 #DA72FB 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.

#DA72FB 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 #94FB74; it also sits naturally between #9874FB and #FB74D7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DA72FB · RGB 218, 114, 251

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Color values

HEX#DA72FB
RGB218, 114, 251
HSL286°, 94%, 72%
HSV286°, 55%, 98%
CMYK13%, 55%, 0%, 2%
XYZ52.34, 33.91, 95.05
Yxy33.91, 0.2887, 0.1870
CIE-Lab64.89, 61.19, -51.68
Hunter Lab58.23, 62.65, -61.47

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 45% · Blue 98%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 55% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DA72FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DA72FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DA72FB

.text { color: #DA72FB; }
.background { background-color: #DA72FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DA72FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 114, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 94%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DA72FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 114, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DA72FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 114, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DA72FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DA72FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DA72FB

#D252FA#CA2FF9#C212F8#AC07DF#9106BC#770599#5C0477#450359#2A0236#0F0114

Tints of #DA72FB

#DE7EFB#E28DFB#E497FC#E8A6FC#EBB0FD#EDBAFD#F1C9FD#F4D2FE#F7E1FE#FAEBFE

Tones of #DA72FB

#D67EF1#D188E7#CC91DE#C79BD4#C2A4CB#BDAEC1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #94FB74:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.70:1 Fails
Against black text7.78:1 AAA

Best text color on #DA72FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DA72FB

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 #DA72FB: ·

How #DA72FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ADACDADeuteranopia · #B3BBD2Tritanopia · #D5C0BA

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 #DA72FB 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
Gentle Ruby Bloom
#16C3CE · #84AAEB · #4A27D6 · #CF6BED

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DA72FA  ·  #DA72FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DA72FB?

#DA72FB is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 218, 114, 251). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DA72FB?

#DA72FB is RGB 218, 114, 251 — HSL 286°, 94%, 72% — CMYK 13%, 55%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #DA72FB?

Its complement is #94FB74; analogous partners are #9874FB and #FB74D7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DA72FB for text?

Black text on #DA72FB has a contrast ratio of 7.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.70:1.