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#AB3EFE — Vivid Purple

#AB3EFE 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 #AB3EFE 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.

#AB3EFE 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 #91FE3E; it also sits naturally between #4B3EFE and #FE3EF1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AB3EFE · RGB 171, 62, 254

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Color values

HEX#AB3EFE
RGB171, 62, 254
HSL274°, 99%, 62%
HSV274°, 76%, 100%
CMYK33%, 76%, 0%, 0%
XYZ36.41, 19.26, 95.56
Yxy19.26, 0.2407, 0.1273
CIE-Lab50.99, 74.38, -75.99
Hunter Lab43.89, 74.80, -104.65

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 24% · Blue 100%

Cyan 33% · Magenta 76% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AB3EFE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AB3EFE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AB3EFE

.text { color: #AB3EFE; }
.background { background-color: #AB3EFE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AB3EFE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 62, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(274, 99%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AB3EFE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 62, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AB3EFE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 62, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AB3EFE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AB3EFE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AB3EFE

#9E20FE#9001FE#8201E4#7101C6#5F01A7#4E0189#3D016B#2E0051#1D0033#0C0014

Tints of #AB3EFE

#B24DFE#BA62FE#C171FE#CA85FE#D194FE#D7A4FF#E0B8FF#E7C7FF#F0DBFF#F6EBFF

Tones of #AB3EFE

#A94CF0#A759E3#A567D5#A475C7#A283B9#A091AC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #91FE3E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.33:1 AA large only
Against black text4.85:1 AA

Best text color on #AB3EFE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AB3EFE

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 #AB3EFE: ·

How #AB3EFE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7C7BD0Deuteranopia · #828AC4Tritanopia · #A6ABA3

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 #AB3EFE rather than the exact color:

Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Mellow Ruby Tempest
#081A20 · #20FD47 · #9D39F9 · #FA9914
Honey Ruby Marble
#1A1206 · #F94FE5 · #1253FC · #A14CFE

Similar colors

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

#B13BFF#B242FE#B235FC#B04AFF#9D39F9#A14CFE#A642EE#993DFA#B931FC#AA4CF0#B331F1#A94AEC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AB3EFD  ·  #AB3EFF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AB3EFE?

#AB3EFE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 171, 62, 254). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AB3EFE?

#AB3EFE is RGB 171, 62, 254 — HSL 274°, 99%, 62% — CMYK 33%, 76%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #AB3EFE?

Its complement is #91FE3E; analogous partners are #4B3EFE and #FE3EF1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AB3EFE for text?

Black text on #AB3EFE has a contrast ratio of 4.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.33:1.