S000019841 [Member] Investment Objectives and Goals - Columbia Variable Portfolio - High Yield Bond Fund	Dec. 31, 2025
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Risk/Return [Heading]	Summary of the Fund
Objective [Heading]	Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block]	Columbia Variable Portfolio – High Yield Bond Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide shareholders with high current income as its primary objective and,
Objective, Secondary [Text Block]	as its secondary objective, capital growth.

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