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#6705FA — Vivid Purple

#6705FA 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 #6705FA 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.

#6705FA 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 #98FA05; it also sits naturally between #051EFA and #E105FA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#6705FA · RGB 103, 5, 250

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Color values

HEX#6705FA
RGB103, 5, 250
HSL264°, 96%, 50%
HSV264°, 98%, 98%
CMYK59%, 98%, 0%, 2%
XYZ22.90, 9.89, 91.15
Yxy9.89, 0.1848, 0.0798
CIE-Lab37.65, 79.88, -95.99
Hunter Lab31.46, 77.82, -157.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 40% · Green 2% · Blue 98%

Cyan 59% · Magenta 98% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #6705FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #6705FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #6705FA

.text { color: #6705FA; }
.background { background-color: #6705FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #6705FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(103, 5, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(264, 96%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #6705FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(103, 5, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #6705FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(103, 5, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#6705FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#6705FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #6705FA

#5D05E1#5404CD#4A04B4#4203A0#380387#2D026E#25025A#1B0141#13012D#080014

Tints of #6705FA

#761EFA#8232FB#924BFB#9E5FFC#AD78FC#BC91FD#C8A5FD#D7BEFE#E4D2FE#F3EBFF

Tones of #6705FA

#6B17E8#6E28D7#7139C6#754BB4#795DA2#7C6E91

Color harmonies

Complementary — #98FA05:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text7.05:1 AAA
Against black text2.98:1 Fails

Best text color on #6705FA: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #6705FA

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 #6705FA: ·

How #6705FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #3D3CBFDeuteranopia · #424AB1Tritanopia · #629086

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 purple 600 · #9333EATailwind indigo 600 · #4F46E5

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #6705FA rather than the exact color:

Palette 6900ff
#6900FF · #9951FF · #FFD700 · #FAF7FF
Palette 3b0270
#3B0270 · #6F00FF · #E9B3FB · #FFF1F1
Palette 000000
#000000 · #5800FF · #E900FF · #FFC600
Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Palette 5902ec
#5902EC · #E04DB0 · #F2C9E1 · #FFFA4D
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F

Similar colors

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

#6900FF#6F00FF#5800FF#7512FD#5902EC#7C00FE#6E1CFA#6B21FB#830CFD#4B13FB#5F24F6#5B23FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #6705F9  ·  #6705FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #6705FA?

#6705FA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 103, 5, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #6705FA?

#6705FA is RGB 103, 5, 250 — HSL 264°, 96%, 50% — CMYK 59%, 98%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #6705FA?

Its complement is #98FA05; analogous partners are #051EFA and #E105FA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #6705FA for text?

White text on #6705FA has a contrast ratio of 7.05:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.98:1.