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#9155EB — Vivid Purple

#9155EB 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 #9155EB 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.

#9155EB 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 #B0EB56; it also sits naturally between #5665EB and #DC56EB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#9155EB · RGB 145, 85, 235

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Color values

HEX#9155EB
RGB145, 85, 235
HSL264°, 79%, 63%
HSV264°, 64%, 92%
CMYK38%, 64%, 0%, 8%
XYZ29.92, 18.51, 80.59
Yxy18.51, 0.2319, 0.1435
CIE-Lab50.11, 55.16, -66.93
Hunter Lab43.03, 51.93, -86.47

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 57% · Green 33% · Blue 92%

Cyan 38% · Magenta 64% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #9155EB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #9155EB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #9155EB

.text { color: #9155EB; }
.background { background-color: #9155EB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #9155EB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(145, 85, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(264, 79%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #9155EB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(145, 85, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #9155EB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(145, 85, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#9155EB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#9155EB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #9155EB

#803BE8#6E1FE5#6118CD#5415B2#49129B#3C0F80#2F0C64#220949#15052E#090212

Tints of #9155EB

#9B64ED#A676EF#AF84F1#B891F2#C4A4F4#CDB1F6#D6BFF8#DFCDF9#EADFFB#F3EDFD

Tones of #9155EB

#9460E1#966CD5#9876CB#9A81C1#9C8BB6#9F96AB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B0EB56:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.47:1 AA large only
Against black text4.70:1 AA

Best text color on #9155EB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #9155EB

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 #9155EB: ·

How #9155EB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7776C7Deuteranopia · #7B7FBETritanopia · #8EAAA4

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 purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #9155EB rather than the exact color:

Lucky Aurora
#8F53E3 · #DC53F1 · #EC4CB9 · #E31847
Amber Solace
#719D13 · #C5EE74 · #8B5EEB · #C6A7EE
Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E
Frozen Tempest
#64EDDE · #58B3EC · #2439CB · #8752E4
Tender Ruby Dusk
#631FBC · #875CE4 · #81CA22 · #C7E79D
Dusty Ruby Garden
#3D1180 · #844DE8 · #9FE537 · #D9F4C5

Similar colors

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

#8F53E3#8B5EEB#8B5FEE#8752E4#875CE4#844DE8#9C55DF#9B5DE0#9956DC#8D47E2#9D51DF#8250E3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #9155EA  ·  #9155EC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #9155EB?

#9155EB is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 145, 85, 235). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #9155EB?

#9155EB is RGB 145, 85, 235 — HSL 264°, 79%, 63% — CMYK 38%, 64%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #9155EB?

Its complement is #B0EB56; analogous partners are #5665EB and #DC56EB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #9155EB for text?

Black text on #9155EB has a contrast ratio of 4.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.47:1.