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#A135ED — Vivid Purple

#A135ED 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 #A135ED 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.

#A135ED 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 #82ED35; it also sits naturally between #4535ED and #ED35DE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A135ED · RGB 161, 53, 237

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Color values

HEX#A135ED
RGB161, 53, 237
HSL275°, 84%, 57%
HSV275°, 78%, 93%
CMYK32%, 78%, 0%, 7%
XYZ31.26, 16.24, 81.61
Yxy16.24, 0.2421, 0.1258
CIE-Lab47.28, 72.34, -72.56
Hunter Lab40.30, 71.21, -97.68

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 #A135ED on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A135ED on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A135ED

.text { color: #A135ED; }
.background { background-color: #A135ED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A135ED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(161, 53, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(275, 84%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A135ED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(161, 53, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A135ED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(161, 53, 237, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A135ED">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A135ED">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A135ED

#961EEB#8613D8#7711C0#690FA9#5A0D91#490A75#3A085E#2C0646#1A042A#0C0213

Tints of #A135ED

#A948EF#B25BF1#BB6EF2#C480F4#CD93F6#D3A1F7#DCB4F8#E5C7FA#EDD9FC#F6ECFD

Tones of #A135ED

#9F42E0#9C50D3#9A5DC6#986AB9#9677AC#94849F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #82ED35:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.94:1 AA
Against black text4.25:1 AA large only

Best text color on #A135ED: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A135ED

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 #A135ED: ·

How #A135ED 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 · #7981B6Tritanopia · #9C9D96

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 #A135ED rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Tempest
#081A20 · #20FD47 · #9D39F9 · #FA9914
Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6
Mellow Meadow
#5F59DF · #A52CE3 · #C02D97 · #E5394B
Palette 000000
#000000 · #9929EA · #FF5FCF · #FAEB92
Palette 000000
#000000 · #9929EA · #CC66DA · #FAEB92
Tranquil Ruby Drift
#132D0E · #F8B046 · #9B2AF7 · #F8D64B

Similar colors

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

#9D39F9#A642EE#A52CE3#9929EA#9B2AF7#963BE3#9B43E5#993DFA#AA44E8#B331F1#B234E2#9B2AFE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A135EC  ·  #A135EE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A135ED?

#A135ED is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 161, 53, 237). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A135ED?

#A135ED is RGB 161, 53, 237 — HSL 275°, 84%, 57% — CMYK 32%, 78%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #A135ED?

Its complement is #82ED35; analogous partners are #4535ED and #ED35DE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A135ED for text?

White text on #A135ED has a contrast ratio of 4.94:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.25:1.