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#A449EE — Vivid Purple

#A449EE 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 #A449EE 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.

#A449EE 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 #93EE49; it also sits naturally between #5149EE and #EE49E6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A449EE · RGB 164, 73, 238

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Color values

HEX#A449EE
RGB164, 73, 238
HSL273°, 83%, 61%
HSV273°, 69%, 93%
CMYK31%, 69%, 0%, 7%
XYZ33.13, 18.83, 82.78
Yxy18.83, 0.2459, 0.1398
CIE-Lab50.49, 65.28, -67.90
Hunter Lab43.39, 63.63, -88.36

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 64% · Green 29% · Blue 93%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 69% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A449EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A449EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A449EE

.text { color: #A449EE; }
.background { background-color: #A449EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A449EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(164, 73, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(273, 83%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A449EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(164, 73, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A449EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(164, 73, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A449EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A449EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A449EE

#962DEB#8A16E9#7A13CD#6910B1#5B0E9A#4B0C7E#3A0962#290746#1C042F#0B0213

Tints of #A449EE

#AD5CF0#B46AF1#BE7CF3#C58AF4#CE9DF6#D5ABF7#DEBEF9#E5CCFA#EFDEFC#F6ECFD

Tones of #A449EE

#A355E2#A161D6#A06DCA#9F78BF#9E84B3#9D90A7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #93EE49:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.41:1 AA large only
Against black text4.77:1 AA

Best text color on #A449EE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A449EE

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 #A449EE: ·

How #A449EE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7D7CC6Deuteranopia · #8289BDTritanopia · #9FA7A0

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 #A449EE rather than the exact color:

Amber Harbor
#8616CC · #A94AEC · #8CEC50 · #D1F6C9
Misty Ruby Monsoon
#630EA7 · #AA4CF0 · #80ED27 · #E5F7C7
Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6
Cosmic Ruby Bloom
#5CCA19 · #5FE639 · #AA44E8 · #DFC7F4
Serene Drift
#5BAC17 · #88EA67 · #9B43E5 · #C49FEB
Palette 2e073f
#2E073F · #7A1CAC · #AD49E1 · #EBD3F8

Similar colors

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

#A94AEC#AA4CF0#A642EE#AA44E8#9B43E5#AD49E1#B44DEF#A14CFE#9D51DF#9D4EDD#A85CF1#A455DE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A449ED  ·  #A449EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A449EE?

#A449EE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 164, 73, 238). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A449EE?

#A449EE is RGB 164, 73, 238 — HSL 273°, 83%, 61% — CMYK 31%, 69%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #A449EE?

Its complement is #93EE49; analogous partners are #5149EE and #EE49E6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A449EE for text?

Black text on #A449EE has a contrast ratio of 4.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.41:1.