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#690FFA — Vivid Purple

#690FFA 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 #690FFA 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.

#690FFA 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 #A0FA0F; it also sits naturally between #0F2BFA and #DF0FFA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#690FFA · RGB 105, 15, 250

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Color values

HEX#690FFA
RGB105, 15, 250
HSL263°, 96%, 52%
HSV263°, 94%, 98%
CMYK58%, 94%, 0%, 2%
XYZ23.25, 10.25, 91.19
Yxy10.25, 0.1865, 0.0822
CIE-Lab38.28, 78.74, -94.93
Hunter Lab32.01, 76.55, -153.94

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 41% · Green 6% · Blue 98%

Cyan 58% · Magenta 94% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #690FFA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #690FFA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #690FFA

.text { color: #690FFA; }
.background { background-color: #690FFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #690FFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(105, 15, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(263, 96%, 52%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #690FFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(105, 15, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #690FFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(105, 15, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#690FFA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#690FFA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #690FFA

#5D05EB#5304D2#4B04BE#4103A5#37038C#2E0273#24025A#1C0146#12012D#080014

Tints of #690FFA

#7623FB#853CFB#9250FB#A169FC#AE7DFC#BA91FD#CAAAFD#D6BEFE#E6D7FE#F3EBFF

Tones of #690FFA

#6D20E9#7130D9#7541C8#7952B7#7D64A6#817396

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A0FA0F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text6.89:1 AA
Against black text3.05:1 AA large only

Best text color on #690FFA: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #690FFA

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 #690FFA: ·

How #690FFA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #4241C1Deuteranopia · #474EB4Tritanopia · #65948A

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 #690FFA rather than the exact color:

Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Scarlet Ruby Ember
#182610 · #1CFCE4 · #4813F9 · #6E1CFA
Palette 6900ff
#6900FF · #9951FF · #FFD700 · #FAF7FF
Palette 3b0270
#3B0270 · #6F00FF · #E9B3FB · #FFF1F1
Electric Mirage
#261F0B · #262DFE · #FA39AE · #6B21FB
Palette 000000
#000000 · #5800FF · #E900FF · #FFC600

Similar colors

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

#7512FD#6E1CFA#6900FF#6F00FF#6B21FB#5800FF#6C26FD#5F24F6#7C00FE#5902EC#5B23FF#7226FE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #690FF9  ·  #690FFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #690FFA?

#690FFA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 105, 15, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #690FFA?

#690FFA is RGB 105, 15, 250 — HSL 263°, 96%, 52% — CMYK 58%, 94%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #690FFA?

Its complement is #A0FA0F; analogous partners are #0F2BFA and #DF0FFA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #690FFA for text?

White text on #690FFA has a contrast ratio of 6.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.05:1.