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#7331EF — Vivid Purple

#7331EF 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 #7331EF 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.

#7331EF 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 #ACEF2E; it also sits naturally between #2E4BEF and #D22EEF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#7331EF · RGB 115, 49, 239

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Color values

HEX#7331EF
RGB115, 49, 239
HSL261°, 86%, 56%
HSV261°, 79%, 94%
CMYK52%, 79%, 0%, 6%
XYZ23.75, 12.07, 82.74
Yxy12.07, 0.2003, 0.1018
CIE-Lab41.33, 67.80, -83.66
Hunter Lab34.75, 64.05, -123.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 45% · Green 19% · Blue 94%

Cyan 52% · Magenta 79% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #7331EF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #7331EF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #7331EF

.text { color: #7331EF; }
.background { background-color: #7331EF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #7331EF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(115, 49, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(261, 86%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #7331EF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(115, 49, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #7331EF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(115, 49, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#7331EF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#7331EF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #7331EF

#6217EE#5710DA#4C0EBE#420CA6#390B8E#2F0977#26075F#1A0542#11032B#080113

Tints of #7331EF

#7F41F1#8C54F2#9867F4#A57AF5#B28DF6#BFA0F8#CCB3F9#D9C6FB#E5D9FC#F2ECFE

Tones of #7331EF

#763CE2#7A4AD3#7E58C6#8265B8#8673AB#8B819C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ACEF2E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text6.15:1 AA
Against black text3.41:1 AA large only

Best text color on #7331EF: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #7331EF

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 #7331EF: ·

How #7331EF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #5656C1Deuteranopia · #5A5FB6Tritanopia · #709D95

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 #7331EF rather than the exact color:

Silent Ruby Canyon
#12B3A9 · #1F90DC · #213BDB · #6C2FEC
Misty Ruby Marble
#7238E6 · #DC17EC · #E83089 · #EE5240
Lucky Orchard
#071E1D · #6F2AFB · #8DFD2C · #FAB532
Honey Ruby Saffron
#16090E · #7F2EF7 · #27F7A0 · #80FD1E
Royal Cascade
#2D13C1 · #6637EB · #BEDB16 · #E7F0A6
Smoky Ruby Drift
#0E376C · #10128E · #782FE0 · #C72CE6

Similar colors

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

#6C2FEC#7238E6#6F2AFB#7F2EF7#6637EB#782FE0#783AE1#8036FA#7E30E1#783BE1#8535EE#7226FE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #7331EE  ·  #7331F0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #7331EF?

#7331EF is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 115, 49, 239). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #7331EF?

#7331EF is RGB 115, 49, 239 — HSL 261°, 86%, 56% — CMYK 52%, 79%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #7331EF?

Its complement is #ACEF2E; analogous partners are #2E4BEF and #D22EEF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #7331EF for text?

White text on #7331EF has a contrast ratio of 6.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.41:1.