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#AA35FC — Vivid Purple

#AA35FC 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 #AA35FC 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.

#AA35FC 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 #89FC36; it also sits naturally between #4736FC and #FC36EB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AA35FC · RGB 170, 53, 252

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Color values

HEX#AA35FC
RGB170, 53, 252
HSL275°, 97%, 60%
HSV275°, 79%, 99%
CMYK33%, 79%, 0%, 1%
XYZ35.42, 18.12, 93.73
Yxy18.12, 0.2405, 0.1230
CIE-Lab49.64, 76.88, -77.08
Hunter Lab42.57, 77.52, -107.03

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 21% · Blue 99%

Cyan 33% · Magenta 79% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AA35FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AA35FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AA35FC

.text { color: #AA35FC; }
.background { background-color: #AA35FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AA35FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 53, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(275, 97%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AA35FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 53, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AA35FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 53, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AA35FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AA35FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AA35FC

#9D18FB#9104F6#7F03D8#7103BF#5F02A1#4D0283#3E0269#2C014B#1E0132#0C0014

Tints of #AA35FC

#B24AFC#B859FC#C16DFD#C77CFD#D090FD#D9A5FE#DFB4FE#E7C8FE#EED7FE#F6EBFF

Tones of #AA35FC

#A744EE#A553DF#A261D1#A06EC4#9E7CB6#9B8BA7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #89FC36:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.54:1 AA
Against black text4.62:1 AA

Best text color on #AA35FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AA35FC

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 #AA35FC: ·

How #AA35FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7776CCDeuteranopia · #7E87C0Tritanopia · #A4A69D

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 violet 600 · #7C3AED

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AA35FC rather than the exact color:

Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Mellow Ruby Tempest
#081A20 · #20FD47 · #9D39F9 · #FA9914
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AA35FB  ·  #AA35FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AA35FC?

#AA35FC is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 170, 53, 252). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AA35FC?

#AA35FC is RGB 170, 53, 252 — HSL 275°, 97%, 60% — CMYK 33%, 79%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #AA35FC?

Its complement is #89FC36; analogous partners are #4736FC and #FC36EB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AA35FC for text?

Black text on #AA35FC has a contrast ratio of 4.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.54:1.