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#DAAFFC — Pale Vivid Purple

#DAAFFC is a purple color we call Pale Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

#DAAFFC 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 #D1FCB0; it also sits naturally between #B5B0FC and #FCB0F7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DAAFFC · RGB 218, 175, 252

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Color values

HEX#DAAFFC
RGB218, 175, 252
HSL274°, 93%, 84%
HSV274°, 31%, 99%
CMYK13%, 31%, 0%, 1%
XYZ61.81, 52.59, 98.99
Yxy52.59, 0.2897, 0.2465
CIE-Lab77.63, 29.60, -32.31
Hunter Lab72.52, 29.57, -35.42

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 69% · Blue 99%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 31% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DAAFFC

.text { color: #DAAFFC; }
.background { background-color: #DAAFFC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAAFFC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 175, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(274, 93%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAAFFC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 175, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAAFFC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 175, 252, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DAAFFC

#C989FB#B862F9#A63AF8#9413F6#7E08D9#6706B1#50058A#390462#22023B#0B0114

Tints of #DAAFFC

#DDB5FC#E0BAFD#E4C4FD#E6C9FD#E9CEFD#EBD3FD#EDD8FE#F2E1FE#F4E6FE#F6EBFE

Tones of #DAAFFC

#DBB6F7#DABBF1#D9C1EC#D8C6E7#D8CBE1#D7D1DC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D1FCB0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.82:1 Fails
Against black text11.52:1 AAA

Best text color on #DAAFFC: #000000.

How #DAAFFC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C7E9Deuteranopia · #CACDE5Tritanopia · #D8DBD7

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 #DAAFFC rather than the exact color:

Palette 0c134f
#0C134F · #1D267D · #5C469C · #D4ADFC
Velvet Ruby Petal
#118CAF · #1656E4 · #7760F0 · #DAABF7
Palette Fbf0b2
#FBF0B2 · #FFC7EA · #D8B4F8 · #CAEDFF
Palette Aae3e2
#AAE3E2 · #D9ACF5 · #FFCEFE · #FDEBED
Palette Ff78c4
#FF78C4 · #E1AEFF · #FFBDF7 · #FFECEC
Golden Ruby Horizon
#45860B · #B5F158 · #8113E5 · #DCB0F4

Similar colors

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

#D4ADFC#DAABF7#D8B4F8#D9ACF5#E1AEFF#DCB0F4#E0AAFF#D7B3EF#E0AEEF#DAB8F0#E2B9F4#D0B5F2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAAFFB  ·  #DAAFFD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAAFFC?

#DAAFFC is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 218, 175, 252). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAAFFC?

#DAAFFC is RGB 218, 175, 252 — HSL 274°, 93%, 84% — CMYK 13%, 31%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #DAAFFC?

Its complement is #D1FCB0; analogous partners are #B5B0FC and #FCB0F7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAAFFC for text?

Black text on #DAAFFC has a contrast ratio of 11.52:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.82:1.