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#DF7CFE — Light Vivid Purple

#DF7CFE 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 #DF7CFE 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.

#DF7CFE 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 #9AFE7C; it also sits naturally between #9E7CFE and #FE7CDB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DF7CFE · RGB 223, 124, 254

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Color values

HEX#DF7CFE
RGB223, 124, 254
HSL286°, 98%, 74%
HSV286°, 51%, 100%
CMYK12%, 51%, 0%, 0%
XYZ55.53, 37.26, 98.03
Yxy37.26, 0.2910, 0.1953
CIE-Lab67.47, 58.20, -49.21
Hunter Lab61.04, 59.76, -57.96

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 49% · Blue 100%

Cyan 12% · Magenta 51% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DF7CFE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DF7CFE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DF7CFE

.text { color: #DF7CFE; }
.background { background-color: #DF7CFE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DF7CFE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 124, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 98%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DF7CFE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 124, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DF7CFE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 124, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DF7CFE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DF7CFE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DF7CFE

#D758FD#CE35FD#C612FD#B302E8#9702C5#7C02A2#61017E#46015B#2B0138#100014

Tints of #DF7CFE

#E286FE#E490FE#E89FFE#EAA9FE#EDB3FE#EFBDFE#F2C7FE#F5D7FF#F8E1FF#FAEBFF

Tones of #DF7CFE

#DA85F4#D58EEB#D198E2#CCA1D9#C7AACF#C2B3C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9AFE7C:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.48:1 Fails
Against black text8.45:1 AAA

Best text color on #DF7CFE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DF7CFE

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 #DF7CFE: ·

How #DF7CFE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B4B3DFDeuteranopia · #BAC1D7Tritanopia · #DAC6C0

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 #DF7CFE rather than the exact color:

Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
Vivid Ruby Lagoon
#DD85F0 · #D066E6 · #B927D8 · #530F61
Smoky Ruby Canyon
#7B118F · #E173EE · #38D619 · #CDF5CA
Tranquil Meadow
#E57AEB · #DE369C · #D72F4A · #D36234

Similar colors

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

#E384FF#D67BFF#DC84F3#DD85F0#E173EE#E57AEB#D770EF#D777EA#D276EC#D577E9#C77DFF#DC95FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DF7CFD  ·  #DF7CFF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DF7CFE?

#DF7CFE is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 223, 124, 254). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DF7CFE?

#DF7CFE is RGB 223, 124, 254 — HSL 286°, 98%, 74% — CMYK 12%, 51%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #DF7CFE?

Its complement is #9AFE7C; analogous partners are #9E7CFE and #FE7CDB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DF7CFE for text?

Black text on #DF7CFE has a contrast ratio of 8.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.48:1.