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#A135E9 — Vivid Purple

#A135E9 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 #A135E9 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.

#A135E9 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 #7DE935; it also sits naturally between #4735E9 and #E935D7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A135E9 · RGB 161, 53, 233

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Color values

HEX#A135E9
RGB161, 53, 233
HSL276°, 80%, 56%
HSV276°, 77%, 91%
CMYK31%, 77%, 0%, 9%
XYZ30.68, 16.01, 78.56
Yxy16.01, 0.2449, 0.1278
CIE-Lab46.98, 71.50, -70.79
Hunter Lab40.01, 70.10, -94.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 63% · Green 21% · Blue 91%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 77% · Yellow 0% · Key 9%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A135E9 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A135E9 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A135E9

.text { color: #A135E9; }
.background { background-color: #A135E9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A135E9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(161, 53, 233); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 80%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A135E9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(161, 53, 233, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A135E9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(161, 53, 233, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A135E9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A135E9">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A135E9

#961EE6#8817D3#7614B8#6812A1#590F8A#4A0D73#3B0A5C#290740#1B0529#0C0212

Tints of #A135E9

#A947EB#B25AED#BA6CEF#C37EF1#CC91F3#D4A3F5#DDB6F7#E5C8F9#EEDAFB#F6EDFD

Tones of #A135E9

#9E41DC#9C4FCF#995BC2#9669B5#9475A9#91829B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7DE935:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text5.00:1 AA
Against black text4.20:1 AA large only

Best text color on #A135E9: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A135E9

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 #A135E9: ·

How #A135E9 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7271BDDeuteranopia · #7981B3Tritanopia · #9C9B94

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 #A135E9 rather than the exact color:

Mellow Meadow
#5F59DF · #A52CE3 · #C02D97 · #E5394B
Cosmic Ruby Garden
#E0C5F7 · #963BE3 · #7420BC · #280A42
Palette 000000
#000000 · #9929EA · #FF5FCF · #FAEB92
Palette 000000
#000000 · #9929EA · #CC66DA · #FAEB92
Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6
Serene Drift
#5BAC17 · #88EA67 · #9B43E5 · #C49FEB

Similar colors

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

#A52CE3#963BE3#9929EA#A642EE#9B43E5#9D39F9#AA44E8#B234E2#9B2AF7#B331F1#AD2FDA#993DFA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A135E8  ·  #A135EA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A135E9?

#A135E9 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 161, 53, 233). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A135E9?

#A135E9 is RGB 161, 53, 233 — HSL 276°, 80%, 56% — CMYK 31%, 77%, 0%, 9%.

What colors go with #A135E9?

Its complement is #7DE935; analogous partners are #4735E9 and #E935D7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A135E9 for text?

White text on #A135E9 has a contrast ratio of 5.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.20:1.