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#A135EA — Vivid Purple

#A135EA 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 #A135EA 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.

#A135EA 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 #7DEA34; it also sits naturally between #4634EA and #EA34D8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A135EA · RGB 161, 53, 234

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Color values

HEX#A135EA
RGB161, 53, 234
HSL276°, 81%, 56%
HSV276°, 77%, 92%
CMYK31%, 77%, 0%, 8%
XYZ30.82, 16.06, 79.32
Yxy16.06, 0.2442, 0.1273
CIE-Lab47.06, 71.71, -71.24
Hunter Lab40.08, 70.37, -94.98

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 63% · Green 21% · Blue 92%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 77% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A135EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A135EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A135EA

.text { color: #A135EA; }
.background { background-color: #A135EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A135EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(161, 53, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 81%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A135EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(161, 53, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A135EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(161, 53, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A135EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A135EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A135EA

#961DE7#8816D4#7713B9#6811A2#590F8A#4A0C73#3B0A5C#290741#1B042A#0C0212

Tints of #A135EA

#AA46EC#B259EE#BB6BEF#C37EF1#CC90F3#D4A3F5#DDB5F7#E5C8F9#EEDAFB#F6EDFD

Tones of #A135EA

#9E41DC#9C4ED0#995BC2#9768B6#9475A9#91819C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7DEA34:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.98:1 AA
Against black text4.21:1 AA large only

Best text color on #A135EA: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A135EA

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 #A135EA: ·

How #A135EA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7271BEDeuteranopia · #7981B4Tritanopia · #9C9C94

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 #A135EA 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#9B2AF7#B234E2#993DFA#B331F1#AD2FDA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A135E9  ·  #A135EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A135EA?

#A135EA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 161, 53, 234). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A135EA?

#A135EA is RGB 161, 53, 234 — HSL 276°, 81%, 56% — CMYK 31%, 77%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #A135EA?

Its complement is #7DEA34; analogous partners are #4634EA and #EA34D8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A135EA for text?

White text on #A135EA has a contrast ratio of 4.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.21:1.