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#DD94FB — Light Vivid Purple

#DD94FB 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 #DD94FB 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.

#DD94FB 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 #B0FB93; it also sits naturally between #A993FB and #FB93E4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DD94FB · RGB 221, 148, 251

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Color values

HEX#DD94FB
RGB221, 148, 251
HSL283°, 93%, 78%
HSV283°, 41%, 98%
CMYK12%, 41%, 0%, 2%
XYZ57.82, 43.52, 96.62
Yxy43.52, 0.2921, 0.2198
CIE-Lab71.90, 44.76, -40.63
Hunter Lab65.97, 45.25, -45.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 58% · Blue 98%

Cyan 12% · Magenta 41% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DD94FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DD94FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DD94FB

.text { color: #DD94FB; }
.background { background-color: #DD94FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DD94FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(221, 148, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(283, 93%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DD94FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(221, 148, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DD94FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(221, 148, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DD94FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DD94FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DD94FB

#D370FA#C749F8#BC26F7#AC09EC#9307CA#7A06A7#5D0580#44035E#270236#0E0114

Tints of #DD94FB

#E19DFB#E4A6FC#E5ABFC#E8B5FC#EBBFFD#EEC9FD#F1D3FD#F3D8FE#F6E1FE#F9EBFE

Tones of #DD94FB

#DA9AF4#D7A2EC#D4A9E5#D1B0DD#CDB8D6#CAC0CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B0FB93:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.16:1 Fails
Against black text9.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #DD94FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DD94FB

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 #DD94FB: ·

How #DD94FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BDBDE2Deuteranopia · #C2C7DCTritanopia · #D9CECA

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 #DD94FB rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
Palette 850f8d
#850F8D · #C738BD · #E49BFF · #F8F9D7
Palette Bedcfa
#BEDCFA · #98ACF8 · #B088F9 · #DA9FF9
Palette 8ef6e4
#8EF6E4 · #9896F1 · #D59BF6 · #EDB1F1
Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #CDE8F6 · #D195F9 · #0033C7
Palette 4b4c7a
#4B4C7A · #EB92FB · #C855BC · #A03271

Similar colors

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

#DC95FF#E49BFF#DA9FF9#D59BF6#D195F9#EB92FB#D78FEE#E99DF6#E384FF#DC84F3#D4A0F1#DD85F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DD94FA  ·  #DD94FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DD94FB?

#DD94FB is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 221, 148, 251). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DD94FB?

#DD94FB is RGB 221, 148, 251 — HSL 283°, 93%, 78% — CMYK 12%, 41%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #DD94FB?

Its complement is #B0FB93; analogous partners are #A993FB and #FB93E4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DD94FB for text?

Black text on #DD94FB has a contrast ratio of 9.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.16:1.