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#DC73FC — Light Vivid Purple

#DC73FC 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 #DC73FC 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.

#DC73FC 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 #93FC73; it also sits naturally between #9873FC and #FC73D8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DC73FC · RGB 220, 115, 252

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Color values

HEX#DC73FC
RGB220, 115, 252
HSL286°, 96%, 72%
HSV286°, 54%, 99%
CMYK13%, 54%, 0%, 1%
XYZ53.22, 34.51, 95.95
Yxy34.51, 0.2897, 0.1879
CIE-Lab65.36, 61.41, -51.47
Hunter Lab58.74, 63.04, -61.19

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 45% · Blue 99%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 54% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DC73FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DC73FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DC73FC

.text { color: #DC73FC; }
.background { background-color: #DC73FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DC73FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 115, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 96%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DC73FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 115, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DC73FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 115, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DC73FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DC73FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DC73FC

#D350FB#CB2DFB#C30FFA#AE05E1#9304BE#78039B#5D0278#45025A#2A0137#0F0014

Tints of #DC73FC

#DF7DFC#E28CFD#E596FD#E9A5FD#EBAFFD#EEB9FE#F1C8FE#F4D2FE#F8E1FE#FAEBFF

Tones of #DC73FC

#D77DF2#D286E9#CD90DF#C79AD5#C2A4CB#BDAEC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #93FC73:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.66:1 Fails
Against black text7.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #DC73FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DC73FC

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 #DC73FC: ·

How #DC73FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AFAEDBDeuteranopia · #B5BDD3Tritanopia · #D7C1BB

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 #DC73FC rather than the exact color:

Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Hidden Ruby Aurora
#D770EF · #E559BE · #E36C8B · #D03C16
Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD
Burning Whisper
#4FC8E4 · #678BE7 · #7A58DE · #D276EC
Scarlet Ruby Drift
#921EC1 · #D777EA · #6CE13D · #CEF0BB

Similar colors

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

#D67BFF#D770EF#E173EE#E384FF#D276EC#D777EA#DC84F3#E57AEB#D577E9#CF6BED#DD85F0#CE6EEC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DC73FB  ·  #DC73FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DC73FC?

#DC73FC is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 220, 115, 252). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DC73FC?

#DC73FC is RGB 220, 115, 252 — HSL 286°, 96%, 72% — CMYK 13%, 54%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #DC73FC?

Its complement is #93FC73; analogous partners are #9873FC and #FC73D8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DC73FC for text?

Black text on #DC73FC has a contrast ratio of 7.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.66:1.