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#AB2FEE — Vivid Purple

#AB2FEE 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 #AB2FEE 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.

#AB2FEE 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 #72EE2F; it also sits naturally between #4C2FEE and #EE2FD2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AB2FEE · RGB 171, 47, 238

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Color values

HEX#AB2FEE
RGB171, 47, 238
HSL279°, 85%, 56%
HSV279°, 80%, 93%
CMYK28%, 80%, 0%, 7%
XYZ33.24, 16.86, 82.39
Yxy16.86, 0.2509, 0.1273
CIE-Lab48.09, 76.04, -71.75
Hunter Lab41.07, 76.02, -96.00

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 18% · Blue 93%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 80% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AB2FEE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AB2FEE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AB2FEE

.text { color: #AB2FEE; }
.background { background-color: #AB2FEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AB2FEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 47, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(279, 85%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AB2FEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 47, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AB2FEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 47, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AB2FEE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AB2FEE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AB2FEE

#A218EC#9312D9#800FBD#700DA5#600B8E#500A76#40085E#2D0542#1D032A#0D0213

Tints of #AB2FEE

#B342F0#BB55F1#C268F3#CA7BF4#D18EF6#D9A1F7#E1B4F9#E8C6FA#F0D9FC#F7ECFD

Tones of #AB2FEE

#A73DE1#A34AD3#9F58C6#9B66B7#9774AA#93819C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #72EE2F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.80:1 AA
Against black text4.37:1 AA large only

Best text color on #AB2FEE: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AB2FEE

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 #AB2FEE: ·

How #AB2FEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7574C0Deuteranopia · #7D86B5Tritanopia · #A59B93

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AB2FEE rather than the exact color:

Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Mellow Meadow
#5F59DF · #A52CE3 · #C02D97 · #E5394B
Mellow Orchard
#399716 · #77E547 · #B234E2 · #D7B3EF
Velvet Bloom
#3B0B0C · #92F717 · #3A55FA · #A823F8
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Rustic Harbor
#210B07 · #A222F7 · #61F718 · #1221FD

Similar colors

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

#B331F1#A52CE3#B234E2#A823F8#B235FC#A222F7#BA33E4#9B2AF7#9929EA#A642EE#B931FC#9E22F6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AB2FED  ·  #AB2FEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AB2FEE?

#AB2FEE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 171, 47, 238). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AB2FEE?

#AB2FEE is RGB 171, 47, 238 — HSL 279°, 85%, 56% — CMYK 28%, 80%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #AB2FEE?

Its complement is #72EE2F; analogous partners are #4C2FEE and #EE2FD2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AB2FEE for text?

White text on #AB2FEE has a contrast ratio of 4.80:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.37:1.