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#AF2FFE — Vivid Purple

#AF2FFE 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 #AF2FFE 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.

#AF2FFE 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 #7EFE2F; it also sits naturally between #472FFE and #FE2FE6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AF2FFE · RGB 175, 47, 254

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Color values

HEX#AF2FFE
RGB175, 47, 254
HSL277°, 99%, 59%
HSV277°, 81%, 100%
CMYK31%, 81%, 0%, 0%
XYZ36.59, 18.30, 95.37
Yxy18.30, 0.2435, 0.1218
CIE-Lab49.86, 79.83, -77.80
Hunter Lab42.78, 81.34, -108.57

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 18% · Blue 100%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 81% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AF2FFE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AF2FFE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AF2FFE

.text { color: #AF2FFE; }
.background { background-color: #AF2FFE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AF2FFE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 47, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(277, 99%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AF2FFE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 47, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AF2FFE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 47, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AF2FFE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AF2FFE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AF2FFE

#A516FE#9701F4#8701DA#7401BC#6401A2#520184#42016B#2F004C#1F0033#0D0014

Tints of #AF2FFE

#B643FE#BC52FE#C467FE#CC7BFE#D48FFE#DA9FFF#E2B3FF#E9C7FF#EFD6FF#F7EBFF

Tones of #AF2FFE

#AB3EEF#A84CE1#A45BD2#A16BC2#9D79B4#9A88A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7EFE2F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.51:1 AA
Against black text4.66:1 AA

Best text color on #AF2FFE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AF2FFE

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 #AF2FFE: ·

How #AF2FFE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7876CCDeuteranopia · #7F89C0Tritanopia · #A9A49C

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 #AF2FFE rather than the exact color:

Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Velvet Bloom
#3B0B0C · #92F717 · #3A55FA · #A823F8
Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E

Similar colors

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

#B235FC#B931FC#B13BFF#B331F1#A823F8#B242FE#A222F7#9B2AFE#9D39F9#BF2EF0#9B2AF7#C52CF9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AF2FFD  ·  #AF2FFF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AF2FFE?

#AF2FFE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 175, 47, 254). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AF2FFE?

#AF2FFE is RGB 175, 47, 254 — HSL 277°, 99%, 59% — CMYK 31%, 81%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #AF2FFE?

Its complement is #7EFE2F; analogous partners are #472FFE and #FE2FE6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AF2FFE for text?

Black text on #AF2FFE has a contrast ratio of 4.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.51:1.