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#DB91EE — Light Purple

#DB91EE is a purple color we call Light 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 #DB91EE 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.

#DB91EE 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 #A3EE91; it also sits naturally between #AD91EE and #EE91D2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DB91EE · RGB 219, 145, 238

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Color values

HEX#DB91EE
RGB219, 145, 238
HSL288°, 73%, 75%
HSV288°, 39%, 93%
CMYK8%, 39%, 0%, 7%
XYZ54.77, 41.48, 86.01
Yxy41.48, 0.3005, 0.2276
CIE-Lab70.51, 43.17, -35.72
Hunter Lab64.41, 43.20, -39.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 57% · Blue 93%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 39% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DB91EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DB91EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DB91EE

.text { color: #DB91EE; }
.background { background-color: #DB91EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DB91EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(219, 145, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(288, 73%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DB91EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(219, 145, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DB91EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(219, 145, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DB91EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DB91EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DB91EE

#D172E9#C753E4#BD34DF#AC20CF#931CB0#75168D#5C116E#420C4F#280831#0F0312

Tints of #DB91EE

#DE9AEF#E1A2F1#E4ABF2#E7B4F3#EBC1F5#EECAF7#F1D3F8#F4DCF9#F6E5FB#F9EDFC

Tones of #DB91EE

#D797E7#D39EE0#CFA4DA#CBABD3#C7B2CD#C3B9C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3EE91:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.26:1 Fails
Against black text9.30:1 AAA

Best text color on #DB91EE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DB91EE

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 #DB91EE: ·

How #DB91EE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BBBAD7Deuteranopia · #BFC5D2Tritanopia · #D7C6C2

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 #DB91EE rather than the exact color:

Palette 4e56c0
#4E56C0 · #9B5DE0 · #D78FEE · #FDCFFA
Vivid Ruby Lagoon
#DD85F0 · #D066E6 · #B927D8 · #530F61
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
Palette 8ef6e4
#8EF6E4 · #9896F1 · #D59BF6 · #EDB1F1
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E59BE9 · #D862BC · #8644A2
Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #CDE8F6 · #D195F9 · #0033C7

Similar colors

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

#D78FEE#DD85F0#DC84F3#D59BF6#E59BE9#D195F9#D889E1#CF9BE8#D4A0F1#DC95FF#EB98EB#DA9FF9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DB91ED  ·  #DB91EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DB91EE?

#DB91EE is Light Purple, a purple color (RGB 219, 145, 238). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DB91EE?

#DB91EE is RGB 219, 145, 238 — HSL 288°, 73%, 75% — CMYK 8%, 39%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #DB91EE?

Its complement is #A3EE91; analogous partners are #AD91EE and #EE91D2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DB91EE for text?

Black text on #DB91EE has a contrast ratio of 9.30:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.26:1.