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#AA34EE — Vivid Purple

#AA34EE 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 #AA34EE 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.

#AA34EE 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 #78EF34; it also sits naturally between #4D34EF and #EF34D6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AA34EE · RGB 170, 52, 238

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Color values

HEX#AA34EE
RGB170, 52, 238
HSL278°, 85%, 57%
HSV278°, 78%, 93%
CMYK29%, 78%, 0%, 7%
XYZ33.24, 17.18, 82.45
Yxy17.18, 0.2502, 0.1293
CIE-Lab48.48, 74.33, -71.12
Hunter Lab41.44, 74.01, -94.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 20% · Blue 93%

Cyan 29% · Magenta 78% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AA34EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AA34EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AA34EE

.text { color: #AA34EE; }
.background { background-color: #AA34EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AA34EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 52, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(278, 85%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AA34EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 52, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AA34EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 52, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AA34EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AA34EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AA34EE

#A01DED#9012D9#8010C1#710EAA#610C92#4E0A76#3F085E#2F0647#1C032A#0D0213

Tints of #AA34EE

#B247F0#BA5AF2#C26DF3#CA80F5#D292F6#D8A1F7#DFB4F9#E7C6FA#EFD9FC#F7ECFD

Tones of #AA34EE

#A741E1#A34ED4#A05CC7#9C6AB9#9877AC#95849F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #78EF34:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.74:1 AA
Against black text4.44:1 AA large only

Best text color on #AA34EE: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AA34EE

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 #AA34EE: ·

How #AA34EE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7776C1Deuteranopia · #7E87B6Tritanopia · #A49D96

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 #AA34EE 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
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Cosmic Ruby Bloom
#5CCA19 · #5FE639 · #AA44E8 · #DFC7F4

Similar colors

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

#B331F1#B234E2#A52CE3#A642EE#B235FC#AA44E8#9D39F9#BA33E4#B13BFF#A823F8#9B2AF7#9929EA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AA34ED  ·  #AA34EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AA34EE?

#AA34EE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 170, 52, 238). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AA34EE?

#AA34EE is RGB 170, 52, 238 — HSL 278°, 85%, 57% — CMYK 29%, 78%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #AA34EE?

Its complement is #78EF34; analogous partners are #4D34EF and #EF34D6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AA34EE for text?

White text on #AA34EE has a contrast ratio of 4.74:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.44:1.