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#DAAEFA — Pale Vivid Purple

#DAAEFA 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 #DAAEFA 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.

#DAAEFA 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 #CDFAAE; it also sits naturally between #B4AEFA and #FAAEF3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DAAEFA · RGB 218, 174, 250

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Color values

HEX#DAAEFA
RGB218, 174, 250
HSL275°, 88%, 83%
HSV275°, 30%, 98%
CMYK13%, 30%, 0%, 2%
XYZ61.30, 52.08, 97.26
Yxy52.08, 0.2910, 0.2472
CIE-Lab77.33, 29.73, -31.71
Hunter Lab72.17, 29.66, -34.60

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 68% · Blue 98%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DAAEFA

.text { color: #DAAEFA; }
.background { background-color: #DAAEFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAAEFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 174, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(275, 88%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAAEFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 174, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAAEFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 174, 250, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DAAEFA

#C987F7#B761F5#A63AF2#9414F0#810DD3#690BAD#520986#3A0660#23043A#0C0113

Tints of #DAAEFA

#DCB2FA#E1BCFB#E3C1FB#E5C5FB#E9CFFC#EBD4FC#EED9FD#F0DDFD#F4E7FD#F6ECFE

Tones of #DAAEFA

#D9B3F4#D8B8EF#D7BEE9#D6C3E4#D5C9DE#D5CED9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDFAAE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.84:1 Fails
Against black text11.42:1 AAA

Best text color on #DAAEFA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DAAEFA

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 #DAAEFA: ·

How #DAAEFA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C7E8Deuteranopia · #CACDE3Tritanopia · #D8D9D6

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 #DAAEFA 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
Palette Ff78c4
#FF78C4 · #E1AEFF · #FFBDF7 · #FFECEC

Similar colors

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

#DAABF7#D9ACF5#D4ADFC#DCB0F4#D8B4F8#E1AEFF#E0AAFF#D7B3EF#E0AEEF#E5ABF2#DAB8F0#DCB1EC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAAEF9  ·  #DAAEFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAAEFA?

#DAAEFA is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 218, 174, 250). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAAEFA?

#DAAEFA is RGB 218, 174, 250 — HSL 275°, 88%, 83% — CMYK 13%, 30%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #DAAEFA?

Its complement is #CDFAAE; analogous partners are #B4AEFA and #FAAEF3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAAEFA for text?

Black text on #DAAEFA has a contrast ratio of 11.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.84:1.