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#DAADFA — Pale Vivid Purple

#DAADFA is a purple color we call Pale 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 #DAADFA 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.

#DAADFA 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 #CDFAAD; it also sits naturally between #B3ADFA and #FAADF4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DAADFA · RGB 218, 173, 250

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Color values

HEX#DAADFA
RGB218, 173, 250
HSL275°, 89%, 83%
HSV275°, 31%, 98%
CMYK13%, 31%, 0%, 2%
XYZ61.11, 51.69, 97.20
Yxy51.69, 0.2910, 0.2462
CIE-Lab77.10, 30.27, -32.06
Hunter Lab71.90, 30.21, -35.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 68% · Blue 98%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 31% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DAADFA

.text { color: #DAADFA; }
.background { background-color: #DAADFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAADFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 173, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(275, 89%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAADFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 173, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAADFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 173, 250, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DAADFA

#C987F8#B760F6#A639F3#9513F1#810CD4#690AAE#520887#3B0660#23033A#0C0113

Tints of #DAADFA

#DCB2FB#E1BCFB#E3C0FB#E5C5FC#E9CFFC#EBD4FC#EED8FD#F0DDFD#F4E7FE#F6ECFE

Tones of #DAADFA

#D9B3F5#D8B8EF#D7BEEA#D6C3E4#D5C9DE#D5CED9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDFAAD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.85:1 Fails
Against black text11.34:1 AAA

Best text color on #DAADFA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DAADFA

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 #DAADFA: ·

How #DAADFA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C6E7Deuteranopia · #C9CDE3Tritanopia · #D8D9D5

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

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

Velvet Ruby Petal
#118CAF · #1656E4 · #7760F0 · #DAABF7
Palette Aae3e2
#AAE3E2 · #D9ACF5 · #FFCEFE · #FDEBED
Palette 0c134f
#0C134F · #1D267D · #5C469C · #D4ADFC
Golden Ruby Horizon
#45860B · #B5F158 · #8113E5 · #DCB0F4
Palette Fbf0b2
#FBF0B2 · #FFC7EA · #D8B4F8 · #CAEDFF
Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF

Similar colors

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

#DAABF7#D9ACF5#D4ADFC#DCB0F4#D8B4F8#E0AAFF#E1AEFF#E0AEEF#D7B3EF#E5ABF2#DA9FF9#DAA5EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAADF9  ·  #DAADFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAADFA?

#DAADFA is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 218, 173, 250). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAADFA?

#DAADFA is RGB 218, 173, 250 — HSL 275°, 89%, 83% — CMYK 13%, 31%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #DAADFA?

Its complement is #CDFAAD; analogous partners are #B3ADFA and #FAADF4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAADFA for text?

Black text on #DAADFA has a contrast ratio of 11.34:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.85:1.