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#A01FEA — Vivid Purple

#A01FEA is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color BlueViolet (#8A2BE2). It belongs to the purple family.

#A01FEA 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 #6AEA1F; it also sits naturally between #3A1FEA and #EA1FCF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A01FEA · RGB 160, 31, 234

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Color values

HEX#A01FEA
RGB160, 31, 234
HSL278°, 83%, 52%
HSV278°, 87%, 92%
CMYK32%, 87%, 0%, 8%
XYZ29.84, 14.39, 79.05
Yxy14.39, 0.2420, 0.1168
CIE-Lab44.79, 77.78, -74.94
Hunter Lab37.94, 77.23, -102.85

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 63% · Green 12% · Blue 92%

Cyan 32% · Magenta 87% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A01FEA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A01FEA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A01FEA

.text { color: #A01FEA; }
.background { background-color: #A01FEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A01FEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(160, 31, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(278, 83%, 52%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A01FEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(160, 31, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A01FEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(160, 31, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A01FEA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A01FEA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A01FEA

#9214DB#8312C4#7610B1#670E9A#570C83#480A6B#380854#2C0641#1C042A#0C0213

Tints of #A01FEA

#A832EC#B249EE#BA5CF0#C373F2#CB86F4#D398F5#DDB0F8#E5C2F9#EFDAFC#F7ECFD

Tones of #A01FEA

#9C2EDC#983CCD#944BBE#9059B1#8C67A2#897693

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6AEA1F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text5.41:1 AA
Against black text3.88:1 AA large only

Best text color on #A01FEA: #FFFFFF.

How #A01FEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6867B9Deuteranopia · #7079ADTritanopia · #9A928A

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind violet 600 · #7C3AED

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A01FEA rather than the exact color:

Honey Garden
#1123C0 · #9920EB · #F26ECA · #F7A5A5
Electric Petal
#3E15AC · #AA1DE4 · #EB57D4 · #F3A0C2
Palette 000000
#000000 · #9929EA · #FF5FCF · #FAEB92
Palette 000000
#000000 · #9929EA · #CC66DA · #FAEB92
Hidden Ruby Terrace
#11300B · #40D1FB · #FB403E · #9E22F6
Rustic Harbor
#210B07 · #A222F7 · #61F718 · #1221FD

Similar colors

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

#9920EB#AA1DE4#9929EA#9E22F6#A222F7#9625E2#A52CE3#A823F8#A01FD9#9B2AF7#9A1CFD#A126D6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A01FE9  ·  #A01FEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A01FEA?

#A01FEA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 160, 31, 234). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A01FEA?

#A01FEA is RGB 160, 31, 234 — HSL 278°, 83%, 52% — CMYK 32%, 87%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #A01FEA?

Its complement is #6AEA1F; analogous partners are #3A1FEA and #EA1FCF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A01FEA for text?

White text on #A01FEA has a contrast ratio of 5.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.88:1.