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#AA85FD — Light Vivid Purple

#AA85FD is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orchid (#DA70D6) — not an exact match. CSS orchid gives you #DA70D6, a different color; use #AA85FD 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.

#AA85FD 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 #D8FD86; it also sits naturally between #869CFD and #E786FD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AA85FD · RGB 170, 133, 253

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Color values

HEX#AA85FD
RGB170, 133, 253
HSL259°, 97%, 76%
HSV259°, 47%, 99%
CMYK33%, 47%, 0%, 1%
XYZ42.69, 32.41, 96.93
Yxy32.41, 0.2482, 0.1884
CIE-Lab63.68, 39.47, -55.02
Hunter Lab56.93, 37.86, -66.66

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 52% · Blue 99%

Cyan 33% · Magenta 47% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AA85FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AA85FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AA85FD

.text { color: #AA85FD; }
.background { background-color: #AA85FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AA85FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 133, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(259, 97%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AA85FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 133, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AA85FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 133, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AA85FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AA85FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AA85FD

#9463FD#7C40FC#6018FB#4D04EC#4203C9#3603A6#2B0283#1E015A#120137#070014

Tints of #AA85FD

#B390FD#BA9BFD#C1A5FE#C8AFFE#CFB9FE#D6C3FE#DCCDFE#E3D7FE#EAE1FF#F1EBFF

Tones of #AA85FD

#AF8FF5#B298EC#B5A0E3#B8A8DC#BCB1D3#BFB9CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D8FD86:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.81:1 Fails
Against black text7.48:1 AAA

Best text color on #AA85FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AA85FD

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 #AA85FD: ·

How #AA85FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9A9AE0Deuteranopia · #9C9FD9Tritanopia · #A8C9C4

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind indigo 500 · #6366F1

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AA85FD rather than the exact color:

Palette C2ffff
#C2FFFF · #8BDEFF · #A888FF · #26466F
Palette Bedcfa
#BEDCFA · #98ACF8 · #B088F9 · #DA9FF9
Palette B983ff
#B983FF · #94B3FD · #94DAFF · #99FEFF
Palette E5d9f2
#E5D9F2 · #F5EFFF · #CDC1FF · #A594F9
Palette F5efff
#F5EFFF · #E5D9F2 · #CDC1FF · #A294F9
Palette 7effdb
#7EFFDB · #B693FE · #8C82FC · #FF9DE2

Similar colors

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

#A888FF#B088F9#B983FF#A594F9#A294F9#B693FE#AE83EA#BC7AF9#A573F2#9E92EF#AA72EF#9F70FD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AA85FC  ·  #AA85FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AA85FD?

#AA85FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 170, 133, 253). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AA85FD?

#AA85FD is RGB 170, 133, 253 — HSL 259°, 97%, 76% — CMYK 33%, 47%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #AA85FD?

Its complement is #D8FD86; analogous partners are #869CFD and #E786FD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AA85FD for text?

Black text on #AA85FD has a contrast ratio of 7.48:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.81:1.