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#A652FA — Vivid Purple

#A652FA 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 #A652FA 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.

#A652FA 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 #A6FA52; it also sits naturally between #5252FA and #FA52FA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A652FA · RGB 166, 82, 250

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Color values

HEX#A652FA
RGB166, 82, 250
HSL270°, 94%, 65%
HSV270°, 67%, 98%
CMYK34%, 67%, 0%, 2%
XYZ36.00, 21.04, 92.61
Yxy21.04, 0.2406, 0.1406
CIE-Lab53.00, 64.36, -70.53
Hunter Lab45.87, 63.24, -93.54

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 65% · Green 32% · Blue 98%

Cyan 34% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A652FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A652FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A652FA

.text { color: #A652FA; }
.background { background-color: #A652FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A652FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(166, 82, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(270, 94%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A652FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(166, 82, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A652FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(166, 82, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A652FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A652FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A652FA

#9634F9#8716F8#7807E9#6906CB#5905AD#47048B#38036D#29024F#1A0231#0A0114

Tints of #A652FA

#AD61FA#B570FB#BD7EFB#C48DFB#CFA1FC#D6B0FD#DEBFFD#E6CEFD#EDDCFE#F5EBFE

Tones of #A652FA

#A65DEE#A66AE2#A676D6#A682C9#A68EBE#A69AB1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A6FA52:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.03:1 AA large only
Against black text5.21:1 AA

Best text color on #A652FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A652FA

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 #A652FA: ·

How #A652FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8281D1Deuteranopia · #878DC8Tritanopia · #A2B1AA

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 #A652FA rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Marble
#1A1206 · #F94FE5 · #1253FC · #A14CFE
Misty Ruby Monsoon
#630EA7 · #AA4CF0 · #80ED27 · #E5F7C7
Velvet Mirage
#58D7EA · #175CC0 · #2F26E7 · #A85CF1
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Palette 6900ff
#6900FF · #9951FF · #FFD700 · #FAF7FF
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#A85CF1#B04AFF#9951FF#A94AEC#B15EFF#B44DEF#A642EE#B242FE#9347FA#AA44E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A652F9  ·  #A652FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A652FA?

#A652FA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 166, 82, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A652FA?

#A652FA is RGB 166, 82, 250 — HSL 270°, 94%, 65% — CMYK 34%, 67%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #A652FA?

Its complement is #A6FA52; analogous partners are #5252FA and #FA52FA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A652FA for text?

Black text on #A652FA has a contrast ratio of 5.21:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.03:1.