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#A033FB — Vivid Purple

#A033FB 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 #A033FB 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.

#A033FB 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 #8CFB32; it also sits naturally between #3C32FB and #FB32F1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A033FB · RGB 160, 51, 251

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Color values

HEX#A033FB
RGB160, 51, 251
HSL273°, 96%, 59%
HSV273°, 80%, 98%
CMYK36%, 80%, 0%, 2%
XYZ33.09, 16.81, 92.77
Yxy16.81, 0.2320, 0.1178
CIE-Lab48.02, 75.83, -79.23
Hunter Lab41.00, 75.73, -111.84

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 63% · Green 20% · Blue 98%

Cyan 36% · Magenta 80% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A033FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A033FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A033FB

.text { color: #A033FB; }
.background { background-color: #A033FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A033FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(160, 51, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(273, 96%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A033FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(160, 51, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A033FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(160, 51, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A033FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A033FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A033FB

#9519FA#8605F0#7804D7#6704B9#5903A0#490382#3B0269#2A024B#1C0132#0B0014

Tints of #A033FB

#AA46FB#B155FC#BA69FC#C37DFC#CC91FD#D3A0FD#DCB4FD#E6C8FE#EDD7FE#F6EBFF

Tones of #A033FB

#9F41EC#9E4EDF#9C5DD0#9B6CC1#997AB3#9888A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8CFB32:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.82:1 AA
Against black text4.36:1 AA large only

Best text color on #A033FB: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A033FB

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 #A033FB: ·

How #A033FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7170CBDeuteranopia · #777FBFTritanopia · #9BA49C

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 purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 600 · #7C3AED

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A033FB rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Tempest
#081A20 · #20FD47 · #9D39F9 · #FA9914
Dusty Canyon
#2C130B · #37F8DE · #9B2AFE · #1DFE68
Tranquil Ruby Drift
#132D0E · #F8B046 · #9B2AF7 · #F8D64B
Misty Ruby Tempest
#35230D · #FD37C8 · #5842FA · #993DFA
Rustic Harbor
#210B07 · #A222F7 · #61F718 · #1221FD
Hidden Ruby Terrace
#11300B · #40D1FB · #FB403E · #9E22F6

Similar colors

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

#9D39F9#9B2AFE#9B2AF7#993DFA#A222F7#9E22F6#B235FC#A823F8#B13BFF#A642EE#9929EA#B331F1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A033FA  ·  #A033FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A033FB?

#A033FB is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 160, 51, 251). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A033FB?

#A033FB is RGB 160, 51, 251 — HSL 273°, 96%, 59% — CMYK 36%, 80%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #A033FB?

Its complement is #8CFB32; analogous partners are #3C32FB and #FB32F1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A033FB for text?

White text on #A033FB has a contrast ratio of 4.82:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.36:1.