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#A830FD — Vivid Purple

#A830FD 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 #A830FD 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.

#A830FD 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 #85FD30; it also sits naturally between #4130FD and #FD30EC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A830FD · RGB 168, 48, 253

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Color values

HEX#A830FD
RGB168, 48, 253
HSL275°, 98%, 59%
HSV275°, 81%, 99%
CMYK34%, 81%, 0%, 1%
XYZ34.94, 17.53, 94.47
Yxy17.53, 0.2378, 0.1193
CIE-Lab48.92, 78.33, -78.82
Hunter Lab41.87, 79.14, -110.85

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 66% · Green 19% · Blue 99%

Cyan 34% · Magenta 81% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A830FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A830FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A830FD

.text { color: #A830FD; }
.background { background-color: #A830FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A830FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(168, 48, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(275, 98%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A830FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(168, 48, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A830FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(168, 48, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A830FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A830FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A830FD

#9D17FD#8E02F2#8002D9#6E02BB#5F02A2#4D0183#3E016A#2C014C#1E0132#0C0014

Tints of #A830FD

#B044FD#B653FD#BF68FD#C87CFE#D090FE#D69FFE#DFB3FE#E8C7FE#EED7FF#F6EBFF

Tones of #A830FD

#A53FEE#A34DE0#A05CD1#9E6BC2#9B79B4#9988A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #85FD30:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.66:1 AA
Against black text4.51:1 AA

Best text color on #A830FD: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A830FD

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 #A830FD: ·

How #A830FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7473CBDeuteranopia · #7B84C0Tritanopia · #A2A49C

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 purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 600 · #7C3AED

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A830FD rather than the exact color:

Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Velvet Bloom
#3B0B0C · #92F717 · #3A55FA · #A823F8
Dusty Canyon
#2C130B · #37F8DE · #9B2AFE · #1DFE68
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Mellow Ruby Tempest
#081A20 · #20FD47 · #9D39F9 · #FA9914
Tranquil Ruby Drift
#132D0E · #F8B046 · #9B2AF7 · #F8D64B

Similar colors

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

#B235FC#A823F8#9B2AFE#B13BFF#9D39F9#9B2AF7#B331F1#A222F7#B931FC#9E22F6#993DFA#B242FE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A830FC  ·  #A830FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A830FD?

#A830FD is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 168, 48, 253). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A830FD?

#A830FD is RGB 168, 48, 253 — HSL 275°, 98%, 59% — CMYK 34%, 81%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #A830FD?

Its complement is #85FD30; analogous partners are #4130FD and #FD30EC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A830FD for text?

White text on #A830FD has a contrast ratio of 4.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.51:1.