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#A554FE — Light Vivid Purple

#A554FE 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 #A554FE 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.

#A554FE 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 #ABFE52; it also sits naturally between #5255FE and #FB52FE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A554FE · RGB 165, 84, 254

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Color values

HEX#A554FE
RGB165, 84, 254
HSL269°, 99%, 66%
HSV269°, 67%, 100%
CMYK35%, 67%, 0%, 0%
XYZ36.58, 21.50, 95.99
Yxy21.50, 0.2374, 0.1395
CIE-Lab53.49, 64.17, -71.96
Hunter Lab46.36, 63.15, -96.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 65% · Green 33% · Blue 100%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #A554FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A554FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A554FE

.text { color: #A554FE; }
.background { background-color: #A554FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A554FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(165, 84, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(269, 99%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A554FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(165, 84, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A554FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(165, 84, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A554FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A554FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A554FE

#9634FE#8616FE#7401EF#6501D0#5601B2#480193#390175#270051#190033#0A0014

Tints of #A554FE

#AD62FE#B571FE#BD80FE#C58FFE#CD9FFF#D5AEFF#DDBDFF#E5CCFF#EDDBFF#F4EBFF

Tones of #A554FE

#A65FF2#A66BE6#A777DA#A784CD#A790C1#A89CB4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABFE52:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.96:1 AA large only
Against black text5.30:1 AA

Best text color on #A554FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A554FE

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 #A554FE: ·

How #A554FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8281D5Deuteranopia · #878DCBTritanopia · #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 #A554FE rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Marble
#1A1206 · #F94FE5 · #1253FC · #A14CFE
Palette 6900ff
#6900FF · #9951FF · #FFD700 · #FAF7FF
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Velvet Mirage
#58D7EA · #175CC0 · #2F26E7 · #A85CF1
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#B04AFF#A85CF1#B15EFF#AA4CF0#A94AEC#B242FE#B44DEF#9347FA#A642EE#B767FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A554FD  ·  #A554FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A554FE?

#A554FE is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 165, 84, 254). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A554FE?

#A554FE is RGB 165, 84, 254 — HSL 269°, 99%, 66% — CMYK 35%, 67%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #A554FE?

Its complement is #ABFE52; analogous partners are #5255FE and #FB52FE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A554FE for text?

Black text on #A554FE has a contrast ratio of 5.30:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.96:1.