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#A433FA — Vivid Purple

#A433FA 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 #A433FA 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.

#A433FA 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 #89FA33; it also sits naturally between #4033FA and #FA33ED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A433FA · RGB 164, 51, 250

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Color values

HEX#A433FA
RGB164, 51, 250
HSL274°, 95%, 59%
HSV274°, 80%, 98%
CMYK34%, 80%, 0%, 2%
XYZ33.75, 17.16, 91.98
Yxy17.16, 0.2362, 0.1201
CIE-Lab48.46, 76.20, -77.92
Hunter Lab41.43, 76.32, -108.92

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 64% · Green 20% · Blue 98%

Cyan 34% · Magenta 80% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A433FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A433FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A433FA

.text { color: #A433FA; }
.background { background-color: #A433FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A433FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(164, 51, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(274, 95%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A433FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(164, 51, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A433FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(164, 51, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A433FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A433FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A433FA

#991AF9#8A06EF#7C05D6#6A05B8#5C049F#4B0381#3C0368#2B024B#1D0132#0B0114

Tints of #A433FA

#AD47FA#B356FB#BC6AFB#C57EFC#CE92FC#D5A1FD#DEB4FD#E7C8FE#EDD7FE#F6EBFE

Tones of #A433FA

#A242EB#A04FDE#9E5ECF#9C6CC1#9A7AB3#9888A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #89FA33:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.74:1 AA
Against black text4.43:1 AA large only

Best text color on #A433FA: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A433FA

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 #A433FA: ·

How #A433FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7372CADeuteranopia · #7A82BETritanopia · #9EA49B

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 #A433FA rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Tempest
#081A20 · #20FD47 · #9D39F9 · #FA9914
Tranquil Ruby Drift
#132D0E · #F8B046 · #9B2AF7 · #F8D64B
Dusty Canyon
#2C130B · #37F8DE · #9B2AFE · #1DFE68
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Misty Ruby Tempest
#35230D · #FD37C8 · #5842FA · #993DFA
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00

Similar colors

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

#9D39F9#9B2AF7#9B2AFE#B235FC#993DFA#B13BFF#A823F8#A222F7#B331F1#9E22F6#A642EE#B242FE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A433F9  ·  #A433FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A433FA?

#A433FA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 164, 51, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A433FA?

#A433FA is RGB 164, 51, 250 — HSL 274°, 95%, 59% — CMYK 34%, 80%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #A433FA?

Its complement is #89FA33; analogous partners are #4033FA and #FA33ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A433FA for text?

White text on #A433FA has a contrast ratio of 4.74:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.43:1.