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violet · cool

#d583f2

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

Token name suggestion: Drift Plum

RGB
213, 131, 242
HSL
284°, 81%, 73%
CMYK
12, 46, 0, 5
Luminance
0.3679

#d583f2 is a light electric violet, 284° on the wheel and 59/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.36:1). As text it scores 2.51:1 on white — use #B930E9 instead. Nearest name is Violet, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(284 81% 73%)rgb(213 131 242)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d583f2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d583f2
Hue
284°
violet
Saturation
81%
electric
Lightness
73%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
68%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3679
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
59/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
8.36:1
Closest name
Violet
ΔE2000 4.9
Chroma
65.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.737
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 10.8
Web-safe
#CC99FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue284° of 360°
Saturation81%
Lightness73%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d583f2.

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
Red38%
Green44%
Blue17%

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

Every format

HEX#d583f2
HEX (8-digit)#d583f2ff
RGBrgb(213, 131, 242)
RGBArgba(213, 131, 242, 1)
HSLhsl(284, 81%, 73%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 46%, 95%)
HWBhwb(284 51% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 46%, 0%, 5%)
LABlab(67.1 49.6 -43.3)
LCHlch(67.1 65.8 318.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.737 0.175 316.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(51.58, 36.79, 88.37)
Decimal13992946
Display P3color(display-p3 0.835 0.514 0.949)
Web-safe#CC99FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d583f2;
background-color: #d583f2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d583f2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d583f2] bg-[#d583f2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d583f2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.835, green: 0.514, blue: 0.949)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.835, green: 0.514, blue: 0.949, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D583F2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD583F2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD583F2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(242, 131, 213)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(213, 131, 242)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(213, 131, 242)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 213, 131, 242)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8353f, 0.5137f, 0.9490f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{213,131,242}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d583f2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d583f2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#580C73, #E7D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d583f2 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: #FAF3FC;
  --brand-100: #F4E6F9;
  --brand-200: #E9C6F5;
  --brand-300: #d583f2;
  --brand-400: #CB67EF;
  --brand-500: #BA34EA;
  --brand-600: #AA17DE;
  --brand-700: #8D13B9;
  --brand-800: #711094;
  --brand-900: #53106B;
  --brand-950: #340A43;
  --brand: #d583f2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E1C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #CA63EF;
  --brand-pressed: #BF42EB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #201424;
    --brand-ink: #E7D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF3FC',
        100: '#F4E6F9',
        200: '#E9C6F5',
        300: '#d583f2',
        400: '#CB67EF',
        500: '#BA34EA',
        600: '#AA17DE',
        700: '#8D13B9',
        800: '#711094',
        900: '#53106B',
        950: '#340A43',
        DEFAULT: '#d583f2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF3FC,
  '100': #F4E6F9,
  '200': #E9C6F5,
  '300': #d583f2,
  '400': #CB67EF,
  '500': #BA34EA,
  '600': #AA17DE,
  '700': #8D13B9,
  '800': #711094,
  '900': #53106B,
  '950': #340A43,
);
$brand-base: #d583f2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4E6F9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E9C6F5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#d583f2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CB67EF", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BA34EA", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#AA17DE", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8D13B9", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#711094", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#53106B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#340A43", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d583f2 · 8.36:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.51:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.36:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d583f2 as text scores 2.51:1 on white and 8.36:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #580C73 at 4.87:1.

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
#B930E9 · 4.50:1
AA on white−18% L
#B930E9
The quick fox
#8E13B9 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−33% L
#8E13B9
The quick fox
#d583f2 · 8.36:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d583f2
The quick fox
#d583f2 · 8.36:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d583f2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CD6CF0 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
#d583f2 on white: 2.51:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d583f2 on black: 8.36:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d583f2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d583f2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.51:1AaAa
Slate 502.40:1AaAa
Slate 1002.29:1AaAa
Slate 2002.04:1AaAa
Slate 3001.69:1AaAa
Slate 4001.02:1AaAa
Slate 5001.89:1AaAa
Slate 6003.02:1AaAa
Slate 7004.12:1AaAa
Slate 8005.82:1AaAa
Slate 9007.11:1AaAa
Black8.36:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #6F9EF6
deuteranopia · #86A6EF
tritanopia · #D493AF

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. #d583f2 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.

#FAF3FC
#F4E6F9
#E9C6F5
#d583f2
#CB67EF
#BA34EA
#AA17DE
#8D13B9
#711094
#53106B
#340A43
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FAF3FCDarkest = 950 · #340A43Text 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 0.044 316.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.070 316.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.105 316.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.136 316.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.161 316.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.175 316.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.175 316.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.164 316.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.147 316.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.122 316.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.096 316.8);
}

Colors that work with #d583f2

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#E1C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#864B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#68BD0F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#580C73
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7E8FD
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#201424
Dark-mode background
Hover#CA63EF
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BF42EB
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F0F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DE8FFA
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d583f2

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 #580C73
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CD6CF0

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#A0F283
Analogous left#9D83F2
Analogous right#F283D7
Split-complement 1#D7F283
Split-complement 2#83F29D
Triadic 1#F2D583
Triadic 2#83F2D5
Tetradic#F29D83
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°284°

#d583f2 sits at 284°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red83.5%
Green51.4%
Blue94.9%
R · 0–255
213
0xd5
G · 0–255
131
0x83
B · 0–255
242
0xf2

CMYK percentages

Cyan12.0%
Magenta45.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)5.1%

Total ink coverage is 63%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d583f2 text on a black background

contrast 8.36:1

Card sample

#d583f2 text on a white background

contrast 2.51:1

Card sample

#d583f2 on grey

2.29:1

#d583f2 on its own surface

2.32:1

#d583f2 on its dark surface

7.04:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d583f2;
Background color
Panel with #d583f2 background
background-color: #d583f2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d583f2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(213, 131, 242, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(213, 131, 242, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d583f2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d583f2, #F283C5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d583f2, #F283A9);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d583f2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d583f2;
caret-color: #d583f2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d583f2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7E8FD;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d583f2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d583f2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d583f2 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(213, 131, 242, 0.5)
rgb(213 131 242 / 50%)
#d583f280
hsl(284 81% 73% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d583f2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d583f21a#FBF3FE
20%#d583f233#F7E6FC
40%#d583f266#EECDFA
60%#d583f299#E6B5F7
80%#d583f2cc#DD9CF5

Gradients from #d583f2

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, #E8BAF8, #d583f2 45%, #580C73);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d583f2, #EF67AD);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d583f2, #A0F283);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F1D6FB 0%, #d583f2 45%, #580C73 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%, #BCB1F7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F59FD9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #580C73 0%, transparent 65%), #d583f2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d583f2

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.

#d583f2 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 8.36:1.

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.

#d583f2, answered

What color is #d583f2?

#d583f2 is a light electric violet, closest to Violet (ΔE2000 4.9). It sits at 284° on the hue wheel with 81% saturation and 73% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #d583f2?

rgb(213, 131, 242) — 213 red, 131 green and 242 blue out of 255, or 83.5% / 51.4% / 94.9% by channel.

What is #d583f2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(284, 81%, 73%) and hsv(284, 46%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d583f2 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3679 and perceived brightness is 68%, so black text on it reaches 8.36:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d583f2?

Black. It scores 8.36:1 against #d583f2, versus 2.51:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d583f2 accessible on a white background?

#d583f2 on white scores 2.51:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #B930E9 to reach 4.5:1, or #8E13B9 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d583f2?

#A0F283 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D7F283 and #83F29D, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d583f2?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E1C0ED for borders, #864B9B for secondary text, #68BD0F as an accent and #580C73 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #9D83F2 and #F283D7 stays calm, while #A0F283 is the loudest partner.

What is #d583f2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(12%, 46%, 0%, 5%). 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 #d583f2 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 #F283E6; nudged cooler, #AC81F3.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d583f2?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 10.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d583f2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d583f2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d583f2] or text-[#d583f2], 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 #d583f2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(213, 131, 242, 0.5), or #d583f280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EAC1F9; over black, #6B4279.

Is #d583f2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99FF, ΔE2000 6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d583f2 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 #d583f2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E8BAF8, #d583f2 45%, #580C73). For more colour, a short hue run to #EF67AD keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d583f2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d583f2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.