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#804EFE — Vivid Purple

#804EFE 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 #804EFE 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.

#804EFE 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 #CCFE4D; it also sits naturally between #4D74FE and #D84DFE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#804EFE · RGB 128, 78, 254

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Color values

HEX#804EFE
RGB128, 78, 254
HSL257°, 99%, 65%
HSV257°, 69%, 100%
CMYK50%, 69%, 0%, 0%
XYZ29.52, 17.19, 95.53
Yxy17.19, 0.2075, 0.1209
CIE-Lab48.50, 60.56, -80.25
Hunter Lab41.47, 57.61, -114.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 50% · Green 31% · Blue 100%

Cyan 50% · Magenta 69% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #804EFE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #804EFE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #804EFE

.text { color: #804EFE; }
.background { background-color: #804EFE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #804EFE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(128, 78, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(257, 99%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #804EFE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(128, 78, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #804EFE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(128, 78, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#804EFE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#804EFE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #804EFE

#6A2FFE#5410FE#4401EF#3C01D0#3301B2#29018E#200170#170051#0F0033#060014

Tints of #804EFE

#8A5DFE#956CFE#A07BFE#AB8AFE#BA9FFF#C5AEFF#D0BDFF#DBCCFF#E5DBFF#F0EBFF

Tones of #804EFE

#855AF2#8A66E5#9073D9#9680CB#9B8DBF#A099B2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCFE4D:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.73:1 AA
Against black text4.44:1 AA large only

Best text color on #804EFE: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #804EFE

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 #804EFE: ·

How #804EFE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6A6AD3Deuteranopia · #6D71C9Tritanopia · #7EB2AA

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 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind violet 600 · #7C3AEDTailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #804EFE rather than the exact color:

Palette 332941
#332941 · #3B3486 · #864AF9 · #F8E559
Palette 190482
#190482 · #7752FE · #8E8FFA · #C2D9FF
Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD
Palette Fff7d1
#FFF7D1 · #8B5DFF · #6A42C2 · #563A9C
Tender Bloom
#25250B · #4CF9F2 · #F94E56 · #9347FA
Silent Ruby Terrace
#2F0C88 · #7357F0 · #C6F15A · #E2EF94

Similar colors

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

#864AF9#7752FE#865DFF#8B5DFF#9347FA#7357F0#7559EF#844DE8#8036FA#7760F0#8F43EE#7B66FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #804EFD  ·  #804EFF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #804EFE?

#804EFE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 128, 78, 254). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #804EFE?

#804EFE is RGB 128, 78, 254 — HSL 257°, 99%, 65% — CMYK 50%, 69%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #804EFE?

Its complement is #CCFE4D; analogous partners are #4D74FE and #D84DFE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #804EFE for text?

White text on #804EFE has a contrast ratio of 4.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.44:1.