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#AA34EA — Vivid Purple

#AA34EA 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 #AA34EA 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.

#AA34EA 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 #74EA34; it also sits naturally between #4F34EA and #EA34CE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AA34EA · RGB 170, 52, 234

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Color values

HEX#AA34EA
RGB170, 52, 234
HSL279°, 81%, 56%
HSV279°, 78%, 92%
CMYK27%, 78%, 0%, 8%
XYZ32.66, 16.94, 79.39
Yxy16.94, 0.2532, 0.1313
CIE-Lab48.19, 73.53, -69.34
Hunter Lab41.16, 72.93, -91.16

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 20% · Blue 92%

Cyan 27% · Magenta 78% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AA34EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AA34EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AA34EA

.text { color: #AA34EA; }
.background { background-color: #AA34EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AA34EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 52, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(279, 81%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AA34EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 52, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AA34EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 52, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AA34EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AA34EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AA34EA

#A01DE7#9216D4#7F13B9#6F11A2#5F0F8A#4F0C73#3F0A5C#2C0741#1D042A#0D0212

Tints of #AA34EA

#B246EC#BA59EE#C16BEF#C97EF1#D190F3#D8A3F5#E0B5F7#E8C8F9#F0DAFB#F7EDFD

Tones of #AA34EA

#A641DC#A24ED0#9E5BC2#9B68B6#9775A9#93819C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #74EA34:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.79:1 AA
Against black text4.39:1 AA large only

Best text color on #AA34EA: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AA34EA

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 #AA34EA: ·

How #AA34EA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7776BEDeuteranopia · #7E87B3Tritanopia · #A49B94

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 #AA34EA rather than the exact color:

Mellow Orchard
#399716 · #77E547 · #B234E2 · #D7B3EF
Mellow Meadow
#5F59DF · #A52CE3 · #C02D97 · #E5394B
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6
Cosmic Ruby Bloom
#5CCA19 · #5FE639 · #AA44E8 · #DFC7F4
Silent Monsoon
#20C0E8 · #194ED1 · #3A18B2 · #AD2FDA

Similar colors

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

#B234E2#A52CE3#B331F1#A642EE#AA44E8#AD2FDA#BA33E4#B435DA#B235FC#9929EA#9D39F9#9B43E5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AA34E9  ·  #AA34EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AA34EA?

#AA34EA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 170, 52, 234). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AA34EA?

#AA34EA is RGB 170, 52, 234 — HSL 279°, 81%, 56% — CMYK 27%, 78%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #AA34EA?

Its complement is #74EA34; analogous partners are #4F34EA and #EA34CE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AA34EA for text?

White text on #AA34EA has a contrast ratio of 4.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.39:1.