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#950AEC — Vivid Purple

#950AEC 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 #950AEC 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.

#950AEC 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 #60EB0A; it also sits naturally between #240AEB and #EB0AD1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#950AEC · RGB 149, 10, 236

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Color values

HEX#950AEC
RGB149, 10, 236
HSL277°, 92%, 48%
HSV277°, 96%, 93%
CMYK37%, 96%, 0%, 7%
XYZ27.64, 12.66, 80.34
Yxy12.66, 0.2291, 0.1050
CIE-Lab42.25, 80.19, -80.30
Hunter Lab35.58, 79.54, -115.16

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 58% · Green 4% · Blue 93%

Cyan 37% · Magenta 96% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #950AEC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #950AEC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #950AEC

.text { color: #950AEC; }
.background { background-color: #950AEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #950AEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(149, 10, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(277, 92%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #950AEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(149, 10, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #950AEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(149, 10, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#950AEC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#950AEC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #950AEC

#8809D7#7908BF#6C07AB#5D0693#51057F#44046C#350353#280340#190227#0C0114

Tints of #950AEC

#A119F5#AB31F6#B345F7#BD5DF8#C776F9#D18EFA#DBA7FB#E3BAFC#EDD3FD#F7EBFE

Tones of #950AEC

#911ADB#8D2ACB#8A3ABB#864BAA#825B9A#7E6A8A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #60EB0A:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text5.94:1 AA
Against black text3.53:1 AA large only

Best text color on #950AEC: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #950AEC

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 #950AEC: ·

How #950AEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #5958B5Deuteranopia · #616BA8Tritanopia · #8E8A81

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 #950AEC rather than the exact color:

Velvet Ruby Harbor
#1667AF · #1610CB · #8C12E1 · #DE12BF
Hidden Canyon
#3F39E7 · #8B18E9 · #DE40D3 · #EC337F
Palette 27005d
#27005D · #9400FF · #AED2FF · #E4F1FF
Serene Cinder
#8215EB · #690E7C · #7E0F6E · #E23693
Honey Garden
#1123C0 · #9920EB · #F26ECA · #F7A5A5
Golden Ruby Horizon
#45860B · #B5F158 · #8113E5 · #DCB0F4

Similar colors

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

#8C12E1#8B18E9#9400FF#8215EB#9920EB#8113E5#8C00FF#830CFD#8F1DFB#9A1CFD#831CE6#9E22F6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #950AEB  ·  #950AED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #950AEC?

#950AEC is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 149, 10, 236). Its closest standard named color is DarkViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #950AEC?

#950AEC is RGB 149, 10, 236 — HSL 277°, 92%, 48% — CMYK 37%, 96%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #950AEC?

Its complement is #60EB0A; analogous partners are #240AEB and #EB0AD1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #950AEC for text?

White text on #950AEC has a contrast ratio of 5.94:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.53:1.