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#DB87FD — Light Vivid Purple

#DB87FD 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 #DB87FD 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.

#DB87FD 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 #A8FD86; it also sits naturally between #A086FD and #FD86E3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DB87FD · RGB 219, 135, 253

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Color values

HEX#DB87FD
RGB219, 135, 253
HSL283°, 97%, 76%
HSV283°, 47%, 99%
CMYK13%, 47%, 0%, 1%
XYZ55.61, 39.48, 97.62
Yxy39.48, 0.2886, 0.2049
CIE-Lab69.10, 51.38, -46.13
Hunter Lab62.83, 52.19, -53.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 53% · Blue 99%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 47% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DB87FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DB87FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DB87FD

.text { color: #DB87FD; }
.background { background-color: #DB87FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DB87FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(219, 135, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(283, 97%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DB87FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(219, 135, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DB87FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(219, 135, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DB87FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DB87FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DB87FD

#D163FD#C740FC#BB18FB#AA04EC#9103C9#7803A6#5E0283#41015A#280137#0E0014

Tints of #DB87FD

#DE90FD#E19BFD#E4A5FE#E7AFFE#EAB9FE#EDC3FE#F0CDFE#F3D7FE#F6E1FF#F9EBFF

Tones of #DB87FD

#D88FF5#D498EC#D0A0E3#CDA8DC#C9B1D3#C6B9CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A8FD86:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.36:1 Fails
Against black text8.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #DB87FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DB87FD

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 #DB87FD: ·

How #DB87FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B7B6E0Deuteranopia · #BCC2DATritanopia · #D7CAC5

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 #DB87FD rather than the exact color:

Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Vivid Ruby Lagoon
#DD85F0 · #D066E6 · #B927D8 · #530F61
Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
Palette 4e56c0
#4E56C0 · #9B5DE0 · #D78FEE · #FDCFFA

Similar colors

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

#E384FF#DC84F3#D67BFF#DD85F0#DC95FF#D78FEE#D195F9#EB92FB#D59BF6#E49BFF#C77DFF#E57AEB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DB87FC  ·  #DB87FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DB87FD?

#DB87FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 219, 135, 253). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DB87FD?

#DB87FD is RGB 219, 135, 253 — HSL 283°, 97%, 76% — CMYK 13%, 47%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #DB87FD?

Its complement is #A8FD86; analogous partners are #A086FD and #FD86E3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DB87FD for text?

Black text on #DB87FD has a contrast ratio of 8.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.36:1.