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#A352EF — Vivid Purple

#A352EF 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 #A352EF 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.

#A352EF 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 #9EEF52; it also sits naturally between #5552EF and #EF52EC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A352EF · RGB 163, 82, 239

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Color values

HEX#A352EF
RGB163, 82, 239
HSL271°, 83%, 63%
HSV271°, 66%, 94%
CMYK32%, 66%, 0%, 6%
XYZ33.70, 20.05, 83.76
Yxy20.05, 0.2451, 0.1458
CIE-Lab51.90, 61.23, -66.19
Hunter Lab44.78, 59.29, -85.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 64% · Green 32% · Blue 94%

Cyan 32% · Magenta 66% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A352EF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A352EF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A352EF

.text { color: #A352EF; }
.background { background-color: #A352EF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A352EF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(163, 82, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(271, 83%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A352EF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(163, 82, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A352EF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(163, 82, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A352EF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A352EF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A352EF

#9436EC#861AEA#7614D2#6611B6#590F9F#490C83#3A0A67#2A074B#1A042F#0A0213

Tints of #A352EF

#AB60F0#B573F2#BC81F3#C38FF5#CDA2F6#D5B0F8#DCBEF9#E4CCFA#EEDEFC#F5ECFD

Tones of #A352EF

#A35EE4#A369D8#A274CD#A27FC3#A18AB7#A195AC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9EEF52:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.19:1 AA large only
Against black text5.01:1 AA

Best text color on #A352EF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A352EF

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 #A352EF: ·

How #A352EF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #807FC9Deuteranopia · #858BC0Tritanopia · #9FABA4

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A352EF rather than the exact color:

Misty Ruby Monsoon
#630EA7 · #AA4CF0 · #80ED27 · #E5F7C7
Amber Harbor
#8616CC · #A94AEC · #8CEC50 · #D1F6C9
Velvet Mirage
#58D7EA · #175CC0 · #2F26E7 · #A85CF1
Honey Ruby Marble
#1A1206 · #F94FE5 · #1253FC · #A14CFE
Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6
Golden Ruby Drift
#1968B8 · #2945D9 · #8771E5 · #9D51DF

Similar colors

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

#AA4CF0#A94AEC#A85CF1#A14CFE#A642EE#9D51DF#AA44E8#A455DE#9C55DF#B44DEF#A661E6#A15CE0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A352EE  ·  #A352F0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A352EF?

#A352EF is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 163, 82, 239). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A352EF?

#A352EF is RGB 163, 82, 239 — HSL 271°, 83%, 63% — CMYK 32%, 66%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #A352EF?

Its complement is #9EEF52; analogous partners are #5552EF and #EF52EC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A352EF for text?

Black text on #A352EF has a contrast ratio of 5.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.19:1.