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#A142FE — Vivid Purple

#A142FE 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 #A142FE 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.

#A142FE 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 #A1FE43; it also sits naturally between #4343FE and #FE43FE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A142FE · RGB 161, 66, 254

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Color values

HEX#A142FE
RGB161, 66, 254
HSL270°, 99%, 63%
HSV270°, 74%, 100%
CMYK37%, 74%, 0%, 0%
XYZ34.54, 18.63, 95.54
Yxy18.63, 0.2322, 0.1253
CIE-Lab50.25, 71.23, -77.25
Hunter Lab43.16, 70.70, -107.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 63% · Green 26% · Blue 100%

Cyan 37% · Magenta 74% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A142FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A142FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A142FE

.text { color: #A142FE; }
.background { background-color: #A142FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A142FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(161, 66, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(270, 99%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A142FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(161, 66, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A142FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(161, 66, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A142FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A142FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A142FE

#9125FE#8206FE#7301E4#6301C6#5701AD#47018E#380170#290051#1A0033#0A0014

Tints of #A142FE

#A852FE#B367FE#BA76FE#C285FE#CC9AFE#D4A9FF#DBB8FF#E3C7FF#EDDBFF#F5EBFF

Tones of #A142FE

#A150F1#A15EE4#A16BD6#A179C8#A186BB#A193AE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A1FE43:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.44:1 AA large only
Against black text4.73:1 AA

Best text color on #A142FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A142FE

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 #A142FE: ·

How #A142FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7877D1Deuteranopia · #7D85C6Tritanopia · #9CADA5

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 500 · #A855F7Tailwind purple 600 · #9333EATailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A142FE rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Marble
#1A1206 · #F94FE5 · #1253FC · #A14CFE
Misty Ruby Tempest
#35230D · #FD37C8 · #5842FA · #993DFA
Mellow Ruby Tempest
#081A20 · #20FD47 · #9D39F9 · #FA9914
Tender Bloom
#25250B · #4CF9F2 · #F94E56 · #9347FA
Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6
Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E

Similar colors

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

#A14CFE#993DFA#9D39F9#9347FA#A642EE#B242FE#B04AFF#9951FF#B13BFF#AA4CF0#A94AEC#B235FC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A142FD  ·  #A142FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A142FE?

#A142FE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 161, 66, 254). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A142FE?

#A142FE is RGB 161, 66, 254 — HSL 270°, 99%, 63% — CMYK 37%, 74%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #A142FE?

Its complement is #A1FE43; analogous partners are #4343FE and #FE43FE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A142FE for text?

Black text on #A142FE has a contrast ratio of 4.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.44:1.