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#910BEA — Vivid Purple

#910BEA is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color DarkViolet (#9400D3). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkviolet (#9400D3) — not an exact match. CSS darkviolet gives you #9400D3, a different color; use #910BEA 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.

#910BEA 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 #64EA0B; it also sits naturally between #210BEA and #EA0BD4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#910BEA · RGB 145, 11, 234

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Color values

HEX#910BEA
RGB145, 11, 234
HSL276°, 91%, 48%
HSV276°, 95%, 92%
CMYK38%, 95%, 0%, 8%
XYZ26.65, 12.20, 78.79
Yxy12.20, 0.2265, 0.1037
CIE-Lab41.53, 79.27, -80.37
Hunter Lab34.93, 78.15, -115.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 57% · Green 4% · Blue 92%

Cyan 38% · Magenta 95% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #910BEA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #910BEA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #910BEA

.text { color: #910BEA; }
.background { background-color: #910BEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #910BEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(145, 11, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 91%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #910BEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(145, 11, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #910BEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(145, 11, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#910BEA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#910BEA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #910BEA

#850AD6#7609BE#6908AA#5A0792#4E067F#42056B#330453#27033F#180227#0C0113

Tints of #910BEA

#9D1AF4#A732F5#B046F6#BA5EF7#C577F9#CF8FFA#D9A7FB#E2BBFC#ECD3FD#F7ECFE

Tones of #910BEA

#8D1BDA#8A2BCA#873BBA#844BAA#815B9A#7E6A8A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #64EA0B:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text6.10:1 AA
Against black text3.44:1 AA large only

Best text color on #910BEA: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #910BEA

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 #910BEA: ·

How #910BEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #5756B4Deuteranopia · #5F69A7Tritanopia · #8A8980

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 purple 600 · #9333EATailwind violet 600 · #7C3AEDTailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #910BEA rather than the exact color:

Velvet Ruby Harbor
#1667AF · #1610CB · #8C12E1 · #DE12BF
Hidden Canyon
#3F39E7 · #8B18E9 · #DE40D3 · #EC337F
Serene Cinder
#8215EB · #690E7C · #7E0F6E · #E23693
Golden Ruby Horizon
#45860B · #B5F158 · #8113E5 · #DCB0F4
Gentle Aurora
#3151E3 · #2E1A95 · #831CE6 · #63186F
Honey Garden
#1123C0 · #9920EB · #F26ECA · #F7A5A5

Similar colors

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

#8C12E1#8B18E9#8215EB#8113E5#831CE6#9920EB#830CFD#9400FF#8C00FF#8F1DFB#9A1CFD#9625E2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #910BE9  ·  #910BEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #910BEA?

#910BEA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 145, 11, 234). Its closest standard named color is DarkViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #910BEA?

#910BEA is RGB 145, 11, 234 — HSL 276°, 91%, 48% — CMYK 38%, 95%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #910BEA?

Its complement is #64EA0B; analogous partners are #210BEA and #EA0BD4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #910BEA for text?

White text on #910BEA has a contrast ratio of 6.10:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.44:1.