Vibrant Purple (#AA00FF)

The hex code for Vibrant Purple is #AA00FF. It is rgb(170, 0, 255) in RGB, hsl(280, 100%, 50%) in HSL, and about cmyk(33%, 100%, 0%, 0%) in CMYK — a mid-tone purple. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AA00FF

HEX#AA00FF

RGBrgb(170, 0, 255)

HSLhsl(280, 100%, 50%)

HSVhsv(280, 100%, 100%)

CMYKcmyk(33%, 100%, 0%, 0%)

OKLCHoklch(58.1% 0.299 307)

LABlab(45.64% 79.88 -84.81)

LCHlch(45.64% 116.51 313.28)

Colors Closest to Vibrant Purple

Vibrant Purple is a registered color name. These are the named colors nearest to it, measured as CIE76 distance in CIELAB — a perceptual scale, so the ordering matches what the eye sees rather than how close the raw RGB numbers happen to sit.

Extreme Violet#9F00FFΔE 3.7 Electric Purple#BF00FFΔE 7.37 Electric Violet#8F00FFΔE 8.85 Purple (X11)#A020F0ΔE 10.19 Vivid Orchid#CC00FFΔE 12.1 Near Violet#8000FFΔE 13.38

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#AA00FF Channel Values

How Vibrant Purple breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 170 · G 0 · B 255	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 280° · S 100% · L 50%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 280° · S 100% · V 100%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 33% · M 100% · Y 0% · K 0%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	5.06:1 vs white · 4.15:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a Vibrant Purple background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text5.06:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Fails AABlack text4.15:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #AA00FF in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With Vibrant Purple

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite Vibrant Purple; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base

Complementary

Analogous

Analogous

Triadic

Triadic

Split comp.

Split comp.

Tints & Shades of Vibrant Purple

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AA00FF.

How Vibrant Purple Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AA00FF

Protanopia#4A4AFF

Protanomaly#7C39FF

Deuteranopia#6666FE

Deuteranomaly#8750FE

Tritanopia#8F6363

Tritanomaly#9B4EB7

Achromatopsia#6F6F6F

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AA00FF in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--vibrant-purple: #AA00FF;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AA00FF;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'vibrant-purple': '#AA00FF' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.667, green: 0.000, blue: 1.000)

Android XML<color name="vibrant_purple">#AA00FF</color>

SVG fillfill="#AA00FF"

More Purple Colors

Vibrant Purple sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

aa66ea a84ed4 ab92b3 a76bcf ad34cb a684ff ad46ff a679d2 af00fa a600ff af95e4 a385e0 b981ee cc33ff dab2ff ebdbfa 1d0731 330066 470066 59168b 6633cc 7851a9 8e51ff 9933ff

#AA00FF Frequently Asked Questions

What is the hex code for Vibrant Purple?

The hex code for Vibrant Purple is #AA00FF. That is rgb(170, 0, 255) in RGB, hsl(280, 100%, 50%) in HSL, and approximately cmyk(33%, 100%, 0%, 0%) in CMYK.

What is the RGB value of #AA00FF?

#AA00FF is rgb(170, 0, 255) — red 170, green 0, and blue 255 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AA00FF?

#AA00FF converts to approximately cmyk(33%, 100%, 0%, 0%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AA00FF be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #AA00FF scores 5.06:1 against white and 4.15:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AA00FF as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AA00FF is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is darkviolet (#9400D3) at a CIE76 distance of 17.9, which is visibly different.

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