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#AD34FE — Vivid Purple

#AD34FE 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 #AD34FE 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.

#AD34FE 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 #85FE34; it also sits naturally between #4834FE and #FE34EA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AD34FE · RGB 173, 52, 254

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Color values

HEX#AD34FE
RGB173, 52, 254
HSL276°, 99%, 60%
HSV276°, 80%, 100%
CMYK32%, 80%, 0%, 0%
XYZ36.35, 18.50, 95.42
Yxy18.50, 0.2419, 0.1231
CIE-Lab50.09, 78.05, -77.44
Hunter Lab43.01, 79.15, -107.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 20% · Blue 100%

Cyan 32% · Magenta 80% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AD34FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AD34FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AD34FE

.text { color: #AD34FE; }
.background { background-color: #AD34FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AD34FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(173, 52, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 99%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AD34FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(173, 52, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AD34FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(173, 52, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AD34FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AD34FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AD34FE

#A116FE#9601F9#8301DA#7401C1#6201A2#4F0184#40016B#2E004C#1F0033#0C0014

Tints of #AD34FE

#B548FE#BC58FE#C46CFE#CA7BFE#D28FFE#DAA4FF#E0B3FF#E9C7FF#EFD6FF#F7EBFF

Tones of #AD34FE

#AA42F0#A751E1#A55FD3#A26EC4#9F7CB6#9C8BA7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #85FE34:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.47:1 AA large only
Against black text4.70:1 AA

Best text color on #AD34FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AD34FE

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 #AD34FE: ·

How #AD34FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7978CDDeuteranopia · #8089C1Tritanopia · #A7A79E

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AD34FE rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#B235FC#B13BFF#B931FC#B331F1#B242FE#9D39F9#A823F8#9B2AFE#9B2AF7#A222F7#B04AFF#993DFA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AD34FD  ·  #AD34FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AD34FE?

#AD34FE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 173, 52, 254). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AD34FE?

#AD34FE is RGB 173, 52, 254 — HSL 276°, 99%, 60% — CMYK 32%, 80%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #AD34FE?

Its complement is #85FE34; analogous partners are #4834FE and #FE34EA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AD34FE for text?

Black text on #AD34FE has a contrast ratio of 4.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.47:1.