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#A554FD — Light Vivid Purple

#A554FD is a purple color we call Light 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 #A554FD 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.

#A554FD 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 #ABFD53; it also sits naturally between #5356FD and #FA53FD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A554FD · RGB 165, 84, 253

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Color values

HEX#A554FD
RGB165, 84, 253
HSL269°, 98%, 66%
HSV269°, 67%, 99%
CMYK35%, 67%, 0%, 1%
XYZ36.42, 21.43, 95.15
Yxy21.43, 0.2380, 0.1401
CIE-Lab53.42, 63.94, -71.52
Hunter Lab46.29, 62.86, -95.50

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 65% · Green 33% · Blue 99%

Cyan 35% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A554FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A554FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A554FD

.text { color: #A554FD; }
.background { background-color: #A554FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A554FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(165, 84, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(269, 98%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A554FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(165, 84, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A554FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(165, 84, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A554FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A554FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A554FD

#9635FD#8617FD#7402ED#6502CF#5602B1#480192#390174#270151#190132#0A0014

Tints of #A554FD

#AD62FD#B572FE#BD81FE#C590FE#CD9FFE#D5AEFE#DDBDFE#E5CDFE#EDDCFF#F4EBFF

Tones of #A554FD

#A65FF1#A66CE5#A778D9#A784CD#A790C1#A89CB4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABFD53:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.97:1 AA large only
Against black text5.29:1 AA

Best text color on #A554FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A554FD

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 #A554FD: ·

How #A554FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8281D4Deuteranopia · #878DCATritanopia · #A1B4AD

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 #A554FD rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Marble
#1A1206 · #F94FE5 · #1253FC · #A14CFE
Palette 6900ff
#6900FF · #9951FF · #FFD700 · #FAF7FF
Velvet Mirage
#58D7EA · #175CC0 · #2F26E7 · #A85CF1
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Palette 3d30a2
#3D30A2 · #B15EFF · #FFA33C · #FFFB73
Misty Ruby Monsoon
#630EA7 · #AA4CF0 · #80ED27 · #E5F7C7

Similar colors

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

#A14CFE#9951FF#A85CF1#B04AFF#B15EFF#AA4CF0#A94AEC#B44DEF#B242FE#9347FA#A642EE#993DFA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A554FC  ·  #A554FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A554FD?

#A554FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 165, 84, 253). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A554FD?

#A554FD is RGB 165, 84, 253 — HSL 269°, 98%, 66% — CMYK 35%, 67%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #A554FD?

Its complement is #ABFD53; analogous partners are #5356FD and #FA53FD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A554FD for text?

Black text on #A554FD has a contrast ratio of 5.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.97:1.