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violet · cool

#d67df8

a light, electric violet · cool · closest name: Violet

Token name suggestion: Morning Amethyst

RGB
214, 125, 248
HSL
283°, 90%, 73%
CMYK
14, 50, 0, 3
Luminance
0.3574

#d67df8 is a light electric violet, 283° on the wheel and 59/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.15:1). As text it scores 2.58:1 on white — use #BA26F3 instead. Nearest name is Violet, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(283 90% 73%)rgb(214 125 248)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d67df8 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d67df8
Hue
283°
violet
Saturation
90%
electric
Lightness
73%
light
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
68%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3574
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
59/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
8.15:1
Closest name
Violet
ΔE2000 5.6
Chroma
72.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.732
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 9.6
Web-safe
#CC66FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue283° of 360°
Saturation90%
Lightness73%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d67df8.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool59% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red40%
Green41%
Blue19%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#d67df8
HEX (8-digit)#d67df8ff
RGBrgb(214, 125, 248)
RGBArgba(214, 125, 248, 1)
HSLhsl(283, 90%, 73%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283, 50%, 97%)
HWBhwb(283 49% 3%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 50%, 0%, 3%)
LABlab(66.3 54.1 -47.8)
LCHlch(66.3 72.2 318.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.732 0.191 316.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(52.01, 35.74, 92.95)
Decimal14056952
Display P3color(display-p3 0.839 0.490 0.973)
Web-safe#CC66FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d67df8;
background-color: #d67df8;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d67df8;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d67df8] bg-[#d67df8]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d67df8;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.839, green: 0.490, blue: 0.973)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.839, green: 0.490, blue: 0.973, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D67DF8</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD67DF8)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD67DF8)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(248, 125, 214)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(214, 125, 248)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(214, 125, 248)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 214, 125, 248)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8392f, 0.4902f, 0.9725f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{214,125,248}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d67df8 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d67df8 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#590779, #E7D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d67df8 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAF2FD;
  --brand-100: #F5E5FB;
  --brand-200: #EAC3F8;
  --brand-300: #d67df8;
  --brand-400: #CD5FF6;
  --brand-500: #BC2AF4;
  --brand-600: #AB0CE8;
  --brand-700: #8F0AC2;
  --brand-800: #72089B;
  --brand-900: #540B70;
  --brand-950: #340746;
  --brand: #d67df8;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E0C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #CB5BF6;
  --brand-pressed: #C139F4;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #201424;
    --brand-ink: #E7D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF2FD',
        100: '#F5E5FB',
        200: '#EAC3F8',
        300: '#d67df8',
        400: '#CD5FF6',
        500: '#BC2AF4',
        600: '#AB0CE8',
        700: '#8F0AC2',
        800: '#72089B',
        900: '#540B70',
        950: '#340746',
        DEFAULT: '#d67df8',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF2FD,
  '100': #F5E5FB,
  '200': #EAC3F8,
  '300': #d67df8,
  '400': #CD5FF6,
  '500': #BC2AF4,
  '600': #AB0CE8,
  '700': #8F0AC2,
  '800': #72089B,
  '900': #540B70,
  '950': #340746,
);
$brand-base: #d67df8;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF2FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5E5FB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EAC3F8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#d67df8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CD5FF6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BC2AF4", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#AB0CE8", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8F0AC2", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#72089B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#540B70", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#340746", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #d67df8 · 8.15:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.58:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.15:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d67df8 as text scores 2.58:1 on white and 8.15:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #590779 at 4.71:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#BA26F3 · 4.51:1
AA on white−18% L
#BA26F3
The quick fox
#8F0AC2 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−33% L
#8F0AC2
The quick fox
#d67df8 · 8.15:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d67df8
The quick fox
#d67df8 · 8.15:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d67df8

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CE65F7 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d67df8 on white: 2.58:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d67df8 on black: 8.15:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d67df8 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d67df8.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.58:1AaAa
Slate 502.46:1AaAa
Slate 1002.35:1AaAa
Slate 2002.09:1AaAa
Slate 3001.74:1AaAa
Slate 4001.01:1AaAa
Slate 5001.85:1AaAa
Slate 6002.94:1AaAa
Slate 7004.02:1AaAa
Slate 8005.68:1AaAa
Slate 9006.93:1AaAa
Black8.15:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #639CFC
deuteranopia · #7EA4F5
tritanopia · #D48FAF

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d67df8 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF2FD
#F5E5FB
#EAC3F8
#d67df8
#CD5FF6
#BC2AF4
#AB0CE8
#8F0AC2
#72089B
#540B70
#340746
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FAF2FDDarkest = 950 · #340746Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.048 316.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.076 316.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.115 316.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.149 316.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.176 316.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.191 316.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.191 316.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.180 316.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.161 316.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.134 316.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.105 316.0);
}

Colors that work with #d67df8

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E0C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#854B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6BC606
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#590779
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7E7FE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#201424
Dark-mode background
Hover#CB5BF6
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C139F4
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F0F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DF8AFF
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d67df8

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #590779
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CE65F7

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight27/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#9FF87D
Analogous left#987DF8
Analogous right#F87DDC
Split-complement 1#DCF87D
Split-complement 2#7DF898
Triadic 1#F8D67D
Triadic 2#7DF8D6
Tetradic#F8987D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°283°

#d67df8 sits at 283°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red83.9%
Green49.0%
Blue97.3%
R · 0–255
214
0xd6
G · 0–255
125
0x7d
B · 0–255
248
0xf8

CMYK percentages

Cyan13.7%
Magenta49.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)2.7%

Total ink coverage is 66%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d67df8 text on a black background

contrast 8.15:1

Card sample

#d67df8 text on a white background

contrast 2.58:1

Card sample

#d67df8 on grey

2.35:1

#d67df8 on its own surface

2.37:1

#d67df8 on its dark surface

6.86:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d67df8;
Background color
Panel with #d67df8 background
background-color: #d67df8;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d67df8;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(214, 125, 248, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(214, 125, 248, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d67df8;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d67df8, #F87DC8);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d67df8, #F87DA9);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d67df8;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d67df8;
caret-color: #d67df8;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d67df8;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7E7FE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d67df8;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d67df8 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d67df8 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(214, 125, 248, 0.5)
rgb(214 125 248 / 50%)
#d67df880
hsl(283 90% 73% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d67df8 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d67df81a#FBF2FE
20%#d67df833#F7E5FE
40%#d67df866#EFCBFC
60%#d67df899#E6B1FB
80%#d67df8cc#DE97F9

Gradients from #d67df8

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E8B7FB, #d67df8 45%, #590779);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d67df8, #F660AF);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d67df8, #9FF87D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F1D4FD 0%, #d67df8 45%, #590779 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B8ADFB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FA9ADC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #590779 0%, transparent 65%), #d67df8;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d67df8

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#d67df8 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 8.15:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#d67df8, answered

What color is #d67df8?

#d67df8 is a light electric violet, closest to Violet (ΔE2000 5.6). It sits at 283° on the hue wheel with 90% saturation and 73% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #d67df8?

rgb(214, 125, 248) — 214 red, 125 green and 248 blue out of 255, or 83.9% / 49% / 97.3% by channel.

What is #d67df8 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(283, 90%, 73%) and hsv(283, 50%, 97%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d67df8 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3574 and perceived brightness is 68%, so black text on it reaches 8.15:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d67df8?

Black. It scores 8.15:1 against #d67df8, versus 2.58:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d67df8 accessible on a white background?

#d67df8 on white scores 2.58:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BA26F3 to reach 4.5:1, or #8F0AC2 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d67df8?

#9FF87D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DCF87D and #7DF898, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d67df8?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E0C0ED for borders, #854B9B for secondary text, #6BC606 as an accent and #590779 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #987DF8 and #F87DDC stays calm, while #9FF87D is the loudest partner.

What is #d67df8 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(14%, 50%, 0%, 3%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #d67df8 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 59 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F87DED; nudged cooler, #A87BF9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d67df8?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 9.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d67df8 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d67df8 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d67df8] or text-[#d67df8], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #d67df8 with 50% opacity?

rgba(214, 125, 248, 0.5), or #d67df880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EBBEFC; over black, #6B3F7C.

Is #d67df8 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC66FF, ΔE2000 5.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d67df8 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #d67df8?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E8B7FB, #d67df8 45%, #590779). For more colour, a short hue run to #F660AF keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d67df8 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d67df8 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.