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#AA2AEB — Vivid Purple

#AA2AEB 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 #AA2AEB 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.

#AA2AEB 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 #69EB28; it also sits naturally between #4928EB and #EB28CB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AA2AEB · RGB 170, 42, 235

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Color values

HEX#AA2AEB
RGB170, 42, 235
HSL280°, 83%, 54%
HSV280°, 82%, 92%
CMYK28%, 82%, 0%, 8%
XYZ32.40, 16.20, 80.02
Yxy16.20, 0.2519, 0.1260
CIE-Lab47.24, 76.71, -71.46
Hunter Lab40.25, 76.60, -95.42

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 16% · Blue 92%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 82% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AA2AEB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AA2AEB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AA2AEB

.text { color: #AA2AEB; }
.background { background-color: #AA2AEB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AA2AEB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 42, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(280, 83%, 54%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AA2AEB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 42, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AA2AEB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 42, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AA2AEB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AA2AEB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AA2AEB

#A015E5#8F13CD#7F11B6#6F0F9F#5E0D87#4E0A70#3E0859#2E0641#1D042A#0D0213

Tints of #AA2AEB

#B23BED#B94EEF#C265F1#CA78F2#D18AF4#D89DF6#E0B0F8#E9C7FA#F0DAFC#F8ECFD

Tones of #AA2AEB

#A536DD#A144CF#9C53C1#985FB4#936EA6#8E7C98

Color harmonies

Complementary — #69EB28:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.95:1 AA
Against black text4.24:1 AA large only

Best text color on #AA2AEB: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AA2AEB

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 #AA2AEB: ·

How #AA2AEB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7371BCDeuteranopia · #7A84B1Tritanopia · #A4978F

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 purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AA2AEB rather than the exact color:

Mellow Meadow
#5F59DF · #A52CE3 · #C02D97 · #E5394B
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Electric Petal
#3E15AC · #AA1DE4 · #EB57D4 · #F3A0C2
Velvet Bloom
#3B0B0C · #92F717 · #3A55FA · #A823F8
Mellow Orchard
#399716 · #77E547 · #B234E2 · #D7B3EF
Rustic Harbor
#210B07 · #A222F7 · #61F718 · #1221FD

Similar colors

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

#A52CE3#B331F1#AA1DE4#A823F8#B234E2#A222F7#9929EA#AD2FDA#9E22F6#9B2AF7#BA33E4#9920EB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AA2AEA  ·  #AA2AEC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AA2AEB?

#AA2AEB is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 170, 42, 235). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AA2AEB?

#AA2AEB is RGB 170, 42, 235 — HSL 280°, 83%, 54% — CMYK 28%, 82%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #AA2AEB?

Its complement is #69EB28; analogous partners are #4928EB and #EB28CB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AA2AEB for text?

White text on #AA2AEB has a contrast ratio of 4.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.24:1.