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#A243EE — Vivid Purple

#A243EE 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 #A243EE 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.

#A243EE 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 #91EE44; it also sits naturally between #4D44EE and #EE44E5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A243EE · RGB 162, 67, 238

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Color values

HEX#A243EE
RGB162, 67, 238
HSL273°, 83%, 60%
HSV273°, 72%, 93%
CMYK32%, 72%, 0%, 7%
XYZ32.34, 17.87, 82.63
Yxy17.87, 0.2434, 0.1345
CIE-Lab49.34, 67.44, -69.78
Hunter Lab42.27, 65.88, -92.02

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 64% · Green 26% · Blue 93%

Cyan 32% · Magenta 72% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A243EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A243EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A243EE

.text { color: #A243EE; }
.background { background-color: #A243EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A243EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(162, 67, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(273, 83%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A243EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(162, 67, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A243EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(162, 67, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A243EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A243EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A243EE

#9328EB#8715E5#7713C9#6910B1#580E95#480B79#3A0962#290746#1C042F#0B0213

Tints of #A243EE

#AB57EF#B265F1#BB78F2#C286F4#CC98F5#D5ABF7#DCB9F8#E5CCFA#ECDAFC#F6ECFD

Tones of #A243EE

#A051E1#9F5DD5#9E69C9#9D74BE#9B81B1#9A8DA5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #91EE44:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.59:1 AA
Against black text4.57:1 AA

Best text color on #A243EE: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A243EE

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 #A243EE: ·

How #A243EE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7978C5Deuteranopia · #7E86BBTritanopia · #9DA49D

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 #A243EE rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6
Cosmic Ruby Bloom
#5CCA19 · #5FE639 · #AA44E8 · #DFC7F4
Amber Harbor
#8616CC · #A94AEC · #8CEC50 · #D1F6C9
Serene Drift
#5BAC17 · #88EA67 · #9B43E5 · #C49FEB
Misty Ruby Monsoon
#630EA7 · #AA4CF0 · #80ED27 · #E5F7C7
Mellow Ruby Tempest
#081A20 · #20FD47 · #9D39F9 · #FA9914

Similar colors

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

#A642EE#AA44E8#A94AEC#9B43E5#AA4CF0#9D39F9#993DFA#AD49E1#963BE3#A14CFE#8F43EE#9347FA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A243ED  ·  #A243EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A243EE?

#A243EE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 162, 67, 238). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A243EE?

#A243EE is RGB 162, 67, 238 — HSL 273°, 83%, 60% — CMYK 32%, 72%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #A243EE?

Its complement is #91EE44; analogous partners are #4D44EE and #EE44E5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A243EE for text?

White text on #A243EE has a contrast ratio of 4.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.57:1.