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#A135EC — Vivid Purple

#A135EC 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 #A135EC 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.

#A135EC 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 #82EC36; it also sits naturally between #4636EC and #EC36DD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A135EC · RGB 161, 53, 236

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Color values

HEX#A135EC
RGB161, 53, 236
HSL275°, 83%, 57%
HSV275°, 78%, 93%
CMYK32%, 78%, 0%, 7%
XYZ31.11, 16.18, 80.84
Yxy16.18, 0.2428, 0.1263
CIE-Lab47.21, 72.13, -72.12
Hunter Lab40.22, 70.93, -96.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 63% · Green 21% · Blue 93%

Cyan 32% · Magenta 78% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A135EC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A135EC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A135EC

.text { color: #A135EC; }
.background { background-color: #A135EC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A135EC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(161, 53, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(275, 83%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A135EC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(161, 53, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A135EC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(161, 53, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A135EC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A135EC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A135EC

#961FEA#8614D7#7712BF#6810A8#5A0D91#490B75#3A095D#2C0746#1A042A#0C0213

Tints of #A135EC

#A949EE#B25CF0#BB6EF2#C481F3#CC94F5#D3A2F6#DCB4F8#E5C7FA#EDDAFC#F6ECFD

Tones of #A135EC

#9E43DF#9C51D2#9A5EC5#986AB9#9677AC#94849F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #82EC36:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.96:1 AA
Against black text4.24:1 AA large only

Best text color on #A135EC: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A135EC

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 #A135EC: ·

How #A135EC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7271C0Deuteranopia · #7981B5Tritanopia · #9C9D95

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 #A135EC rather than the exact color:

Mellow Meadow
#5F59DF · #A52CE3 · #C02D97 · #E5394B
Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6
Mellow Ruby Tempest
#081A20 · #20FD47 · #9D39F9 · #FA9914
Palette 000000
#000000 · #9929EA · #FF5FCF · #FAEB92
Palette 000000
#000000 · #9929EA · #CC66DA · #FAEB92
Cosmic Ruby Garden
#E0C5F7 · #963BE3 · #7420BC · #280A42

Similar colors

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

#A52CE3#A642EE#9D39F9#9929EA#963BE3#9B2AF7#9B43E5#AA44E8#993DFA#B331F1#B234E2#8C30EC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A135EB  ·  #A135ED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A135EC?

#A135EC is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 161, 53, 236). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A135EC?

#A135EC is RGB 161, 53, 236 — HSL 275°, 83%, 57% — CMYK 32%, 78%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #A135EC?

Its complement is #82EC36; analogous partners are #4636EC and #EC36DD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A135EC for text?

White text on #A135EC has a contrast ratio of 4.96:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.24:1.