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#560AFA — Vivid Purple

#560AFA is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color BlueViolet (#8A2BE2). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blueviolet (#8A2BE2) — not an exact match. CSS blueviolet gives you #8A2BE2, a different color; use #560AFA 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.

#560AFA 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 #AEFA0A; it also sits naturally between #0A36FA and #CE0AFA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#560AFA · RGB 86, 10, 250

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Color values

HEX#560AFA
RGB86, 10, 250
HSL259°, 96%, 51%
HSV259°, 96%, 98%
CMYK66%, 96%, 0%, 2%
XYZ21.20, 9.10, 91.08
Yxy9.10, 0.1747, 0.0750
CIE-Lab36.17, 78.36, -98.49
Hunter Lab30.16, 75.48, -165.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 34% · Green 4% · Blue 98%

Cyan 66% · Magenta 96% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #560AFA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #560AFA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #560AFA

.text { color: #560AFA; }
.background { background-color: #560AFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #560AFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(86, 10, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(259, 96%, 51%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #560AFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(86, 10, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #560AFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(86, 10, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#560AFA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#560AFA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #560AFA

#4C05E6#4504D2#3D04B9#3503A0#2E038C#260273#1E025A#150141#0F012D#070014

Tints of #560AFA

#6723FB#7537FB#8650FB#9464FC#A57DFC#B391FD#C4AAFD#D2BEFE#E3D7FE#F1EBFF

Tones of #560AFA

#5C1CE9#622CD8#693DC7#6F4FB5#7660A4#7C7194

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEFA0A:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text7.45:1 AAA
Against black text2.82:1 Fails

Best text color on #560AFA: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #560AFA

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 #560AFA: ·

How #560AFA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #3534C0Deuteranopia · #3A3FB2Tritanopia · #529288

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 violet 600 · #7C3AEDTailwind indigo 600 · #4F46E5Tailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #560AFA rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #5800FF · #E900FF · #FFC600
Modern Ruby Monsoon
#280708 · #4B13FB · #4FFEF3 · #3EF994
Palette 5902ec
#5902EC · #E04DB0 · #F2C9E1 · #FFFA4D
Scarlet Ruby Ember
#182610 · #1CFCE4 · #4813F9 · #6E1CFA
Palette 4300ff
#4300FF · #0065F8 · #00CAFF · #00FFDE
Palette 6900ff
#6900FF · #9951FF · #FFD700 · #FAF7FF

Similar colors

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

#5800FF#4B13FB#5902EC#4813F9#4300FF#6900FF#4116F9#5B23FF#6F00FF#5F24F6#4D1CE5#6E1CFA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #560AF9  ·  #560AFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #560AFA?

#560AFA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 86, 10, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #560AFA?

#560AFA is RGB 86, 10, 250 — HSL 259°, 96%, 51% — CMYK 66%, 96%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #560AFA?

Its complement is #AEFA0A; analogous partners are #0A36FA and #CE0AFA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #560AFA for text?

White text on #560AFA has a contrast ratio of 7.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.82:1.