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#A447FA — Vivid Purple

#A447FA 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 #A447FA 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.

#A447FA 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 #9EFA47; it also sits naturally between #4A47FA and #FA47F7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A447FA · RGB 164, 71, 250

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Color values

HEX#A447FA
RGB164, 71, 250
HSL271°, 95%, 63%
HSV271°, 72%, 98%
CMYK34%, 72%, 0%, 2%
XYZ34.82, 19.30, 92.33
Yxy19.30, 0.2377, 0.1318
CIE-Lab51.04, 68.81, -73.72
Hunter Lab43.93, 67.99, -99.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 64% · Green 28% · Blue 98%

Cyan 34% · Magenta 72% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A447FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A447FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A447FA

.text { color: #A447FA; }
.background { background-color: #A447FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A447FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(164, 71, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(271, 95%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A447FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(164, 71, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A447FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(164, 71, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A447FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A447FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A447FA

#9529FA#860BF9#7606E0#6705C2#5904A9#4A048B#3A036D#2A0250#1A0132#0B0114

Tints of #A447FA

#AB56FB#B56AFB#BC79FC#C488FC#CE9CFC#D5AAFD#DCB9FD#E4C8FE#EEDCFE#F5EBFE

Tones of #A447FA

#A354ED#A360E1#A26ED4#A27AC7#A187BA#A193AE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9EFA47:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.32:1 AA large only
Against black text4.86:1 AA

Best text color on #A447FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A447FA

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 #A447FA: ·

How #A447FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7C7BCFDeuteranopia · #8188C4Tritanopia · #9FACA5

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 #A447FA rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Marble
#1A1206 · #F94FE5 · #1253FC · #A14CFE
Misty Ruby Monsoon
#630EA7 · #AA4CF0 · #80ED27 · #E5F7C7
Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Misty Ruby Tempest
#35230D · #FD37C8 · #5842FA · #993DFA
Amber Harbor
#8616CC · #A94AEC · #8CEC50 · #D1F6C9

Similar colors

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

#A14CFE#AA4CF0#A642EE#B04AFF#993DFA#A94AEC#B242FE#9D39F9#9951FF#9347FA#B13BFF#AA44E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A447F9  ·  #A447FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A447FA?

#A447FA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 164, 71, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A447FA?

#A447FA is RGB 164, 71, 250 — HSL 271°, 95%, 63% — CMYK 34%, 72%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #A447FA?

Its complement is #9EFA47; analogous partners are #4A47FA and #FA47F7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A447FA for text?

Black text on #A447FA has a contrast ratio of 4.86:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.32:1.