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#DD94FE — Light Vivid Purple

#DD94FE 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 #DD94FE 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.

#DD94FE 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 #B6FE95; it also sits naturally between #A895FE and #FE95EB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DD94FE · RGB 221, 148, 254

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Color values

HEX#DD94FE
RGB221, 148, 254
HSL281°, 98%, 79%
HSV281°, 42%, 100%
CMYK13%, 42%, 0%, 0%
XYZ58.30, 43.71, 99.13
Yxy43.71, 0.2898, 0.2173
CIE-Lab72.03, 45.37, -42.06
Hunter Lab66.11, 45.96, -48.00

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 58% · Blue 100%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 42% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DD94FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DD94FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DD94FE

.text { color: #DD94FE; }
.background { background-color: #DD94FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DD94FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(221, 148, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(281, 98%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DD94FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(221, 148, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DD94FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(221, 148, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DD94FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DD94FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DD94FE

#D172FE#C449FD#B926FD#AA02F7#9202D4#7602AC#5E0188#420160#2A013D#0E0014

Tints of #DD94FE

#E09FFE#E2A4FE#E5AEFE#E8B8FE#EBC2FE#EDC7FE#F0D2FF#F4DCFF#F5E1FF#F8EBFF

Tones of #DD94FE

#DA9CF6#D7A4EF#D4ABE7#D2B3E0#CFBAD8#CCC2D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B6FE95:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.16:1 Fails
Against black text9.74:1 AAA

Best text color on #DD94FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DD94FE

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 #DD94FE: ·

How #DD94FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BDBDE4Deuteranopia · #C2C7DETritanopia · #D9D0CC

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 #DD94FE rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
Palette 850f8d
#850F8D · #C738BD · #E49BFF · #F8F9D7
Palette Bedcfa
#BEDCFA · #98ACF8 · #B088F9 · #DA9FF9
Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #CDE8F6 · #D195F9 · #0033C7
Palette 8ef6e4
#8EF6E4 · #9896F1 · #D59BF6 · #EDB1F1
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#D195F9#D59BF6#EB92FB#E99DF6#E384FF#D78FEE#DC84F3#D4A0F1#D0A2F7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DD94FD  ·  #DD94FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DD94FE?

#DD94FE is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 221, 148, 254). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DD94FE?

#DD94FE is RGB 221, 148, 254 — HSL 281°, 98%, 79% — CMYK 13%, 42%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #DD94FE?

Its complement is #B6FE95; analogous partners are #A895FE and #FE95EB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DD94FE for text?

Black text on #DD94FE has a contrast ratio of 9.74:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.16:1.