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#AA33FA — Vivid Purple

#AA33FA 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 #AA33FA 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.

#AA33FA 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 #83FA33; it also sits naturally between #4733FA and #FA33E6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AA33FA · RGB 170, 51, 250

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Color values

HEX#AA33FA
RGB170, 51, 250
HSL276°, 95%, 59%
HSV276°, 80%, 98%
CMYK32%, 80%, 0%, 2%
XYZ35.02, 17.82, 92.04
Yxy17.82, 0.2417, 0.1230
CIE-Lab49.27, 77.09, -76.56
Hunter Lab42.21, 77.69, -105.96

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 20% · Blue 98%

Cyan 32% · Magenta 80% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AA33FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AA33FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AA33FA

.text { color: #AA33FA; }
.background { background-color: #AA33FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AA33FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 51, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 95%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AA33FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 51, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AA33FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 51, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AA33FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AA33FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AA33FA

#A01AF9#9206EF#8205D6#7005B8#61049F#4F0381#400368#2E024B#1E0132#0C0114

Tints of #AA33FA

#B347FA#B956FB#C16AFB#C97EFC#D292FC#D8A1FD#E0B4FD#E8C8FE#EED7FE#F7EBFE

Tones of #AA33FA

#A742EB#A54FDE#A25ECF#9F6CC1#9C7AB3#9988A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #83FA33:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.60:1 AA
Against black text4.56:1 AA

Best text color on #AA33FA: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AA33FA

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 #AA33FA: ·

How #AA33FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7675CADeuteranopia · #7D86BETritanopia · #A4A49B

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AA33FA rather than the exact color:

Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Mellow Ruby Tempest
#081A20 · #20FD47 · #9D39F9 · #FA9914
Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Velvet Bloom
#3B0B0C · #92F717 · #3A55FA · #A823F8

Similar colors

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

#B235FC#B13BFF#B331F1#9D39F9#B931FC#A823F8#B242FE#9B2AF7#9B2AFE#A222F7#A642EE#993DFA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AA33F9  ·  #AA33FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AA33FA?

#AA33FA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 170, 51, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AA33FA?

#AA33FA is RGB 170, 51, 250 — HSL 276°, 95%, 59% — CMYK 32%, 80%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #AA33FA?

Its complement is #83FA33; analogous partners are #4733FA and #FA33E6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AA33FA for text?

White text on #AA33FA has a contrast ratio of 4.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.56:1.