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#720AFA — Vivid Purple

#720AFA 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 #720AFA 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.

#720AFA 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 #92FA0A; it also sits naturally between #0A1AFA and #EA0AFA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#720AFA · RGB 114, 10, 250

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Color values

HEX#720AFA
RGB114, 10, 250
HSL266°, 96%, 51%
HSV266°, 96%, 98%
CMYK54%, 96%, 0%, 2%
XYZ24.30, 10.70, 91.23
Yxy10.70, 0.1925, 0.0847
CIE-Lab39.06, 80.01, -93.61
Hunter Lab32.71, 78.38, -149.81

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 45% · Green 4% · Blue 98%

Cyan 54% · Magenta 96% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #720AFA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #720AFA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #720AFA

.text { color: #720AFA; }
.background { background-color: #720AFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #720AFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(114, 10, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(266, 96%, 51%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #720AFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(114, 10, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #720AFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(114, 10, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#720AFA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#720AFA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #720AFA

#6605E6#5D04D2#5204B9#4703A0#3E038C#330273#28025A#1D0141#14012D#090014

Tints of #720AFA

#8023FB#8C37FB#9A50FB#A664FC#B47DFC#C091FD#CEAAFD#DABEFE#E8D7FE#F3EBFF

Tones of #720AFA

#741CE9#772CD8#793DC7#7B4FB5#7E60A4#807194

Color harmonies

Complementary — #92FA0A:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text6.69:1 AA
Against black text3.14:1 AA large only

Best text color on #720AFA: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #720AFA

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 #720AFA: ·

How #720AFA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #4544C0Deuteranopia · #4B53B2Tritanopia · #6D9288

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 #720AFA rather than the exact color:

Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Palette 3b0270
#3B0270 · #6F00FF · #E9B3FB · #FFF1F1
Palette 6900ff
#6900FF · #9951FF · #FFD700 · #FAF7FF
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Misty Cinder
#20150A · #1BFA5E · #830CFD · #28F9A5
Scarlet Ruby Ember
#182610 · #1CFCE4 · #4813F9 · #6E1CFA

Similar colors

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

#7512FD#6F00FF#6900FF#7C00FE#830CFD#6E1CFA#6B21FB#8215EB#8113E5#7226FE#8C00FF#5800FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #720AF9  ·  #720AFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #720AFA?

#720AFA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 114, 10, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #720AFA?

#720AFA is RGB 114, 10, 250 — HSL 266°, 96%, 51% — CMYK 54%, 96%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #720AFA?

Its complement is #92FA0A; analogous partners are #0A1AFA and #EA0AFA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #720AFA for text?

White text on #720AFA has a contrast ratio of 6.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.14:1.