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#cc7ddf

a light, vivid violet · neutral · closest name: Orchid

Token name suggestion: Meadow Amethyst

RGB
204, 125, 223
HSL
288°, 61%, 68%
CMYK
9, 44, 0, 13
Luminance
0.3283

#cc7ddf is a light vivid violet, 288° on the wheel and 56/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.57:1). As text it scores 2.78:1 on white — use #B43FD0 instead. Nearest name is Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(288 61% 68%)rgb(204 125 223)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cc7ddf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cc7ddf
Hue
288°
violet
Saturation
61%
vivid
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
65%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3283
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
56/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
7.57:1
Closest name
Orchid
ΔE2000 4.2
Chroma
59.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.709
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 10
Web-safe
#CC66CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue288° of 360°
Saturation61%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #cc7ddf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool56% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red39%
Green45%
Blue16%

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

Every format

HEX#cc7ddf
HEX (8-digit)#cc7ddfff
RGBrgb(204, 125, 223)
RGBArgba(204, 125, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(288, 61%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288, 44%, 87%)
HWBhwb(288 49% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 44%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(64.0 46.4 -37.7)
LCHlch(64.0 59.7 320.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.709 0.160 319.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(45.55, 32.83, 73.74)
Decimal13401567
Display P3color(display-p3 0.800 0.490 0.875)
Web-safe#CC66CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cc7ddf;
background-color: #cc7ddf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cc7ddf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cc7ddf] bg-[#cc7ddf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cc7ddf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.800, green: 0.490, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.800, green: 0.490, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CC7DDF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCC7DDF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCC7DDF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 125, 204)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(204, 125, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(204, 125, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 204, 125, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8000f, 0.4902f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{204,125,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cc7ddf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cc7ddf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#571966, #E9D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cc7ddf 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: #FAF4FB;
  --brand-100: #F4E8F7;
  --brand-200: #E9CCEF;
  --brand-300: #DCA5E9;
  --brand-400: #cc7ddf;
  --brand-500: #B84BD3;
  --brand-600: #A830C4;
  --brand-700: #8C28A4;
  --brand-800: #702083;
  --brand-900: #521B5F;
  --brand-950: #33113C;
  --brand: #cc7ddf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E4C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #C160D8;
  --brand-pressed: #B644D1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #211424;
    --brand-ink: #E9D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4FB',
        100: '#F4E8F7',
        200: '#E9CCEF',
        300: '#DCA5E9',
        400: '#cc7ddf',
        500: '#B84BD3',
        600: '#A830C4',
        700: '#8C28A4',
        800: '#702083',
        900: '#521B5F',
        950: '#33113C',
        DEFAULT: '#cc7ddf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4FB,
  '100': #F4E8F7,
  '200': #E9CCEF,
  '300': #DCA5E9,
  '400': #cc7ddf,
  '500': #B84BD3,
  '600': #A830C4,
  '700': #8C28A4,
  '800': #702083,
  '900': #521B5F,
  '950': #33113C,
);
$brand-base: #cc7ddf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4E8F7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E9CCEF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DCA5E9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#cc7ddf", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B84BD3", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A830C4", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8C28A4", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#702083", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#521B5F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#33113C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #cc7ddf · 7.57:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.78:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.57:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #cc7ddf as text scores 2.78:1 on white and 7.57:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #571966 at 4.36:1.

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
#B43FD0 · 4.60:1
AA on white−15% L
#B43FD0
The quick fox
#8D28A5 · 7.05:1
AAA on white−28% L
#8D28A5
The quick fox
#cc7ddf · 7.57:1
AA on blackalready passes
#cc7ddf
The quick fox
#cc7ddf · 7.57:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#cc7ddf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #C771DC 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
#cc7ddf on white: 2.78:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cc7ddf on black: 7.57:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #cc7ddf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #cc7ddf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.78:1AaAa
Slate 502.65:1AaAa
Slate 1002.53:1AaAa
Slate 2002.25:1AaAa
Slate 3001.87:1AaAa
Slate 4001.08:1AaAa
Slate 5001.71:1AaAa
Slate 6002.73:1AaAa
Slate 7003.73:1AaAa
Slate 8005.27:1AaAa
Slate 9006.43:1AaAa
Black7.57:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #6E96E2
deuteranopia · #849EDC
tritanopia · #CD8AA4

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. #cc7ddf is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF4FB
#F4E8F7
#E9CCEF
#DCA5E9
#cc7ddf
#B84BD3
#A830C4
#8C28A4
#702083
#521B5F
#33113C
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAF4FBDarkest = 950 · #33113CText 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 0.040 319.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.064 319.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.096 319.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.125 319.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.148 319.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.160 319.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.160 319.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.151 319.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.135 319.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.112 319.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.088 319.6);
}

Colors that work with #cc7ddf

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#E4C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8B4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#5EA725
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#571966
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7EBFA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#211424
Dark-mode background
Hover#C160D8
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B644D1
Two steps down
Disabled#E9E1EC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D786EA
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 #cc7ddf

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 #571966
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #C771DC

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight32/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • 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#90DF7D
Analogous left#9B7DDF
Analogous right#DF7DC1
Split-complement 1#C1DF7D
Split-complement 2#7DDF9B
Triadic 1#DFCC7D
Triadic 2#7DDFCC
Tetradic#DF9B7D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°288°

#cc7ddf sits at 288°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red80.0%
Green49.0%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
204
0xcc
G · 0–255
125
0x7d
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan8.5%
Magenta43.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 65%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cc7ddf text on a black background

contrast 7.57:1

Card sample

#cc7ddf text on a white background

contrast 2.78:1

Card sample

#cc7ddf on grey

2.53:1

#cc7ddf on its own surface

2.56:1

#cc7ddf on its dark surface

6.36:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cc7ddf;
Background color
Panel with #cc7ddf background
background-color: #cc7ddf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cc7ddf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(204, 125, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(204, 125, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cc7ddf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc7ddf, #DF7DB1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cc7ddf, #DF7D98);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #cc7ddf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cc7ddf;
caret-color: #cc7ddf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cc7ddf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7EBFA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cc7ddf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cc7ddf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cc7ddf 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(204, 125, 223, 0.5)
rgb(204 125 223 / 50%)
#cc7ddf80
hsl(288 61% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cc7ddf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cc7ddf1a#FAF2FC
20%#cc7ddf33#F5E5F9
40%#cc7ddf66#EBCBF2
60%#cc7ddf99#E0B1EC
80%#cc7ddfcc#D697E5

Gradients from #cc7ddf

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, #DFAEEB, #cc7ddf 45%, #571966);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cc7ddf, #D96498);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cc7ddf, #90DF7D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E9C7F1 0%, #cc7ddf 45%, #571966 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%, #B5A6E9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E595C6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #571966 0%, transparent 65%), #cc7ddf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cc7ddf

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.

#cc7ddf 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 7.57:1.

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.

#cc7ddf, answered

What color is #cc7ddf?

#cc7ddf is a light vivid violet, closest to Orchid (ΔE2000 4.2). It sits at 288° on the hue wheel with 61% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #cc7ddf?

rgb(204, 125, 223) — 204 red, 125 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 80% / 49% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #cc7ddf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(288, 61%, 68%) and hsv(288, 44%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cc7ddf a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3283 and perceived brightness is 65%, so black text on it reaches 7.57:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cc7ddf?

Black. It scores 7.57:1 against #cc7ddf, versus 2.78:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #cc7ddf accessible on a white background?

#cc7ddf on white scores 2.78:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #B43FD0 to reach 4.5:1, or #8D28A5 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #cc7ddf?

#90DF7D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C1DF7D and #7DDF9B, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cc7ddf?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E4C0ED for borders, #8B4B9B for secondary text, #5EA725 as an accent and #571966 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #9B7DDF and #DF7DC1 stays calm, while #90DF7D is the loudest partner.

What is #cc7ddf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(9%, 44%, 0%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #cc7ddf warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 56 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DF7DCE; nudged cooler, #A87BE1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cc7ddf?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 10 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cc7ddf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cc7ddf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#cc7ddf] or text-[#cc7ddf], 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 #cc7ddf with 50% opacity?

rgba(204, 125, 223, 0.5), or #cc7ddf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E6BEEF; over black, #663F70.

Is #cc7ddf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC66CC, ΔE2000 5.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #cc7ddf 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 #cc7ddf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DFAEEB, #cc7ddf 45%, #571966). For more colour, a short hue run to #D96498 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cc7ddf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #cc7ddf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.