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#AA34EB — Vivid Purple

#AA34EB 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 #AA34EB 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.

#AA34EB 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 #73EB33; it also sits naturally between #4E33EB and #EB33CF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AA34EB · RGB 170, 52, 235

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Color values

HEX#AA34EB
RGB170, 52, 235
HSL279°, 82%, 56%
HSV279°, 78%, 92%
CMYK28%, 78%, 0%, 8%
XYZ32.80, 17.00, 80.15
Yxy17.00, 0.2524, 0.1308
CIE-Lab48.26, 73.73, -69.79
Hunter Lab41.23, 73.20, -92.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 20% · Blue 92%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 78% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AA34EB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AA34EB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AA34EB

.text { color: #AA34EB; }
.background { background-color: #AA34EB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AA34EB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 52, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(279, 82%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AA34EB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 52, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AA34EB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 52, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AA34EB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AA34EB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AA34EB

#A11CE9#9215D5#7F12BA#6F10A2#5F0E8B#4F0B74#40095D#2C0641#1D042A#0D0213

Tints of #AA34EB

#B245ED#BA58EE#C16AF0#C97DF2#D190F4#D9A2F6#E0B5F8#E8C7F9#F0DAFB#F7ECFD

Tones of #AA34EB

#A640DD#A34DD1#9F5AC4#9B68B6#9775A9#93819C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #73EB33:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.77:1 AA
Against black text4.40:1 AA large only

Best text color on #AA34EB: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AA34EB

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 #AA34EB: ·

How #AA34EB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7776BFDeuteranopia · #7E87B4Tritanopia · #A49C94

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 #AA34EB rather than the exact color:

Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Mellow Orchard
#399716 · #77E547 · #B234E2 · #D7B3EF
Mellow Meadow
#5F59DF · #A52CE3 · #C02D97 · #E5394B
Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6
Cosmic Ruby Bloom
#5CCA19 · #5FE639 · #AA44E8 · #DFC7F4
Vivid Aurora
#3C28B0 · #BA33E4 · #BF2D89 · #E0383B

Similar colors

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

#B331F1#B234E2#A52CE3#A642EE#AA44E8#BA33E4#AD2FDA#B235FC#9D39F9#B435DA#9929EA#A823F8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AA34EA  ·  #AA34EC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AA34EB?

#AA34EB is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 170, 52, 235). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AA34EB?

#AA34EB is RGB 170, 52, 235 — HSL 279°, 82%, 56% — CMYK 28%, 78%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #AA34EB?

Its complement is #73EB33; analogous partners are #4E33EB and #EB33CF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AA34EB for text?

White text on #AA34EB has a contrast ratio of 4.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.40:1.