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#AA45F2 — Vivid Purple

#AA45F2 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 #AA45F2 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.

#AA45F2 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 #8DF245; it also sits naturally between #5345F2 and #F245E4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AA45F2 · RGB 170, 69, 242

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Color values

HEX#AA45F2
RGB170, 69, 242
HSL275°, 87%, 61%
HSV275°, 71%, 95%
CMYK30%, 71%, 0%, 5%
XYZ34.73, 19.21, 85.88
Yxy19.21, 0.2484, 0.1374
CIE-Lab50.94, 68.95, -69.38
Hunter Lab43.83, 68.14, -91.25

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 27% · Blue 95%

Cyan 30% · Magenta 71% · Yellow 0% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AA45F2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AA45F2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AA45F2

.text { color: #AA45F2; }
.background { background-color: #AA45F2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AA45F2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 69, 242); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(275, 87%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AA45F2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 69, 242, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AA45F2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 69, 242, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AA45F2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AA45F2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AA45F2

#9D28F0#9211EE#800FD2#6F0DB5#600B9D#4F0981#3D0764#2C0548#1D0330#0C0113

Tints of #AA45F2

#B358F3#B966F4#C279F6#C888F7#D19BF8#D8A9F9#E0BCFA#E7CBFB#F0DEFD#F6ECFE

Tones of #AA45F2

#A851E6#A65ED9#A46ACD#A277C0#A083B4#9E90A7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8DF245:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.34:1 AA large only
Against black text4.84:1 AA

Best text color on #AA45F2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AA45F2

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 #AA45F2: ·

How #AA45F2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7E7DC8Deuteranopia · #848CBETritanopia · #A5A7A0

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 500 · #A855F7Tailwind purple 600 · #9333EATailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AA45F2 rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6
Misty Ruby Monsoon
#630EA7 · #AA4CF0 · #80ED27 · #E5F7C7
Amber Harbor
#8616CC · #A94AEC · #8CEC50 · #D1F6C9
Cosmic Ruby Bloom
#5CCA19 · #5FE639 · #AA44E8 · #DFC7F4
Lucky Breeze
#8A0FAB · #B44DEF · #3FDD14 · #B1F09B
Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E

Similar colors

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

#A642EE#AA4CF0#A94AEC#AA44E8#B44DEF#B242FE#B04AFF#A14CFE#AD49E1#B13BFF#9D39F9#9B43E5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AA45F1  ·  #AA45F3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AA45F2?

#AA45F2 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 170, 69, 242). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AA45F2?

#AA45F2 is RGB 170, 69, 242 — HSL 275°, 87%, 61% — CMYK 30%, 71%, 0%, 5%.

What colors go with #AA45F2?

Its complement is #8DF245; analogous partners are #5345F2 and #F245E4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AA45F2 for text?

Black text on #AA45F2 has a contrast ratio of 4.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.34:1.