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#A620EE — Vivid Purple

#A620EE 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 #A620EE 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.

#A620EE 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 #68EE20; it also sits naturally between #3F20EE and #EE20CF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A620EE · RGB 166, 32, 238

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Color values

HEX#A620EE
RGB166, 32, 238
HSL279°, 86%, 53%
HSV279°, 87%, 93%
CMYK30%, 87%, 0%, 7%
XYZ31.68, 15.31, 82.18
Yxy15.31, 0.2452, 0.1186
CIE-Lab46.06, 79.15, -75.09
Hunter Lab39.13, 79.34, -103.06

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 65% · Green 13% · Blue 93%

Cyan 30% · Magenta 87% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A620EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A620EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A620EE

.text { color: #A620EE; }
.background { background-color: #A620EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A620EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(166, 32, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(279, 86%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A620EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(166, 32, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A620EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(166, 32, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A620EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A620EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A620EE

#9A11E4#8A0FCC#7A0EB4#6A0C9D#5D0A8A#4D0972#3D075A#2D0542#1D032B#0D0113

Tints of #A620EE

#AE33F0#B74BF1#BF5EF3#C671F4#D088F6#D79BF8#DFAEF9#E6C1FA#F0D9FC#F7ECFE

Tones of #A620EE

#A22EE0#9D3ED0#994CC2#945BB3#9069A5#8B7996

Color harmonies

Complementary — #68EE20:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text5.17:1 AA
Against black text4.06:1 AA large only

Best text color on #A620EE: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A620EE

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 #A620EE: ·

How #A620EE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6C6BBCDeuteranopia · #747EB0Tritanopia · #9F958C

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind violet 600 · #7C3AED

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A620EE rather than the exact color:

Rustic Harbor
#210B07 · #A222F7 · #61F718 · #1221FD
Velvet Bloom
#3B0B0C · #92F717 · #3A55FA · #A823F8
Electric Petal
#3E15AC · #AA1DE4 · #EB57D4 · #F3A0C2
Hidden Ruby Terrace
#11300B · #40D1FB · #FB403E · #9E22F6
Honey Garden
#1123C0 · #9920EB · #F26ECA · #F7A5A5
Mellow Meadow
#5F59DF · #A52CE3 · #C02D97 · #E5394B

Similar colors

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

#A222F7#A823F8#AA1DE4#9E22F6#9920EB#A52CE3#9929EA#9B2AF7#9A1CFD#9625E2#B331F1#9B2AFE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A620ED  ·  #A620EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A620EE?

#A620EE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 166, 32, 238). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A620EE?

#A620EE is RGB 166, 32, 238 — HSL 279°, 86%, 53% — CMYK 30%, 87%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #A620EE?

Its complement is #68EE20; analogous partners are #3F20EE and #EE20CF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A620EE for text?

White text on #A620EE has a contrast ratio of 5.17:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.06:1.