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#7705FA — Vivid Purple

#7705FA 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 #7705FA 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.

#7705FA 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 #88FA05; it also sits naturally between #050DFA and #F205FA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#7705FA · RGB 119, 5, 250

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Color values

HEX#7705FA
RGB119, 5, 250
HSL268°, 96%, 50%
HSV268°, 98%, 98%
CMYK52%, 98%, 0%, 2%
XYZ24.92, 10.93, 91.24
Yxy10.93, 0.1961, 0.0860
CIE-Lab39.47, 80.92, -92.92
Hunter Lab33.06, 79.67, -147.73

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 47% · Green 2% · Blue 98%

Cyan 52% · Magenta 98% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #7705FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #7705FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #7705FA

.text { color: #7705FA; }
.background { background-color: #7705FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #7705FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(119, 5, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(268, 96%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #7705FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(119, 5, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #7705FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(119, 5, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#7705FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#7705FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #7705FA

#6B05E1#6204CD#5604B4#4C03A0#400387#35026E#2B025A#1F0141#15012D#0A0014

Tints of #7705FA

#851EFA#9032FB#9D4BFB#A85FFC#B678FC#C391FD#CEA5FD#DCBEFE#E7D2FE#F4EBFF

Tones of #7705FA

#7917E8#7A28D7#7B39C6#7C4BB4#7D5DA2#7E6E91

Color harmonies

Complementary — #88FA05:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text6.59:1 AA
Against black text3.19:1 AA large only

Best text color on #7705FA: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #7705FA

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 #7705FA: ·

How #7705FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #4645BFDeuteranopia · #4C55B1Tritanopia · #719086

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 #7705FA rather than the exact color:

Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Palette 3b0270
#3B0270 · #6F00FF · #E9B3FB · #FFF1F1
Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Misty Cinder
#20150A · #1BFA5E · #830CFD · #28F9A5
Palette 6900ff
#6900FF · #9951FF · #FFD700 · #FAF7FF
Palette 450693
#450693 · #8C00FF · #FF3F7F · #FFC400

Similar colors

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

#7C00FE#6F00FF#7512FD#830CFD#6900FF#8C00FF#8215EB#6E1CFA#8113E5#9400FF#6B21FB#5800FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #7705F9  ·  #7705FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #7705FA?

#7705FA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 119, 5, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #7705FA?

#7705FA is RGB 119, 5, 250 — HSL 268°, 96%, 50% — CMYK 52%, 98%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #7705FA?

Its complement is #88FA05; analogous partners are #050DFA and #F205FA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #7705FA for text?

White text on #7705FA has a contrast ratio of 6.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.19:1.