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Purple
#A012D3

Purple (#A012D3) with RGB(160, 18, 211) and HSL(284, 84%, 45%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.

VioletCorecool
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Interactive

UI Sandbox

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Active theme: Purple
Values

Production-ready color values

Copy formats for CSS, handoff docs, tokens, and implementation.

HEX
#A012D3
RGB
rgb(160, 18, 211)
HSL
hsl(284, 84%, 45%)
HSV
hsv(284, 91%, 83%)
CMYK
cmyk(24%, 91%, 0%, 17%)
Decimal
10490579
Contrast

Accessibility checks

Aa
On white
5.96:1
Aa
On black
3.52:1
Shades

Tonal scale

#1C0326#350646#590A75#7C0EA4#A012D3#B92CED#C95BF1#D580F4#E3ABF8#F1D5FB
90080070060050040030020010050
Accessibility

Contrast Audit

On White
WCAG AA PASS
Text
5.96:1
On Black
FAIL
Text
3.52:1
Vision

Simulator

protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
Harmonies

Palette combinations from this base color

Open any harmony as a shareable palette route and keep refining from there.

Complementary
Open palette
#A012D3#46D312
#A012D3#D3A012#12D3A0
Analogous
Open palette
#3F12D3#7012D3#A012D3#D012D3#D312A6
Split complementary
Open palette
#A012D3#A6D312#12D33F
Tetradic
Open palette
#A012D3#D33F12#46D312#12A6D3
Monochromatic
Open palette
#47085E#7C0EA4#B114EB#C95BF1#E0A1F7
Analysis

Design expert profile

Detailed psychological and professional strategy for this specific tone.

Purple (#A012D3) with RGB(160, 18, 211) and HSL(284, 84%, 45%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.
violetcoreneutralhex-a012d3h-284s-84l-45
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Developer Handoff

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CSS
/* Purple */
color: #A012D3;
background-color: #A012D3;
border-color: #A012D3;
box-shadow: 0 4px 24px #a012d340;
Tailwind CSS
bg-[#A012D3] text-[#A012D3] border-[#A012D3] ring-[#A012D3]
SwiftUI
Color(red: 0.627, green: 0.071, blue: 0.827)
Flutter / Dart
Color(0xFFA012D3)
Android XML
<color name="purple">#A012D3</color>
React Native
{ color: '#A012D3' }
Social Media

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Purple

#A012D3·rgb(160, 18, 211)

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Related colors

Nearby named colors

Medium Orchid
#BA55D3
Blue Violet
#8A2BE2
Dark Violet
#9400D3
Dark Orchid
#9932CC
Dark Magenta
#8B008B
Vivid Violet
#7209B7
About

About Purple

This section gives the same kind of richer color context you’d expect from a dedicated color reference page.

Meaning
Purple sits in the violet family with a core tone, so it holds enough weight for primary UI accents. It reads as balanced, restrained, and dependable.
Applications
Purple (#A012D3) with RGB(160, 18, 211) and HSL(284, 84%, 45%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems. It performs better as text or iconography on lighter contexts when paired carefully.
Family
Violet
Tone
Core
Temperature
neutral
Keywords
violet, core, neutral, hex-a012d3, h-284, s-84
Conversion

Color conversions

Use these values in CSS, product docs, design tokens, and print-oriented workflows.

HEX
#A012D3
RGB
rgb(160, 18, 211)
HSL
hsl(284, 84%, 45%)
HSV
hsv(284, 91%, 83%)
CMYK
cmyk(24%, 91%, 0%, 17%)
Variations

Shades and tonal variations

Build softer surfaces, deeper states, and a cleaner tonal system from the same base hue.

#1C0326#350646#590A75#7C0EA4#A012D3#B92CED#C95BF1#D580F4#E3ABF8#F1D5FB
900
#1C0326
800
#350646
700
#590A75
600
#7C0EA4
500
#A012D3
400
#B92CED
Color harmonies

Harmony-based palette routes

Move from a single color into full palette ideas based on common harmony systems.

Complementary
Open palette
#A012D3#46D312
#A012D3#D3A012#12D3A0
Analogous
Open palette
#3F12D3#7012D3#A012D3#D012D3#D312A6
Split complementary
Open palette
#A012D3#A6D312#12D33F
Tetradic
Open palette
#A012D3#D33F12#46D312#12A6D3
Monochromatic
Open palette
#47085E#7C0EA4#B114EB#C95BF1#E0A1F7
Blindness simulator

Color blindness preview

These simulations help you judge whether the color keeps enough identity across common color-vision variations.

Protanopia
#6261A4
Red-sensitive cones are reduced, so warm reds and greens can collapse toward similar mid-tones.
Deuteranopia
#6B7599
Green-sensitive cones are reduced, which often compresses green and red distinctions.
Tritanopia
#997F77
Blue-sensitive cones are reduced, which shifts blues and yellows toward flatter blends.
Contrast checker

Accessibility contrast snapshots

Use these quick checks to understand where the color is more reliable for text, icons, and UI foregrounds.

Aa
On white
5.96:1
AA passes for normal text.
Aa
On black
3.52:1
Only large-text AA passes.
Similar colors

Nearby color references

Use nearby colors when you want alternatives with a similar overall feel but a different hue or intensity.

Medium Orchid
#BA55D3
Blue Violet
#8A2BE2
Dark Violet
#9400D3
Dark Orchid
#9932CC
Dark Magenta
#8B008B
Vivid Violet
#7209B7
Color libraries

Library-ready mappings

These mappings help you slot the color into CSS names, Tailwind-like scales, and semantic design tokens faster.

CSS named match
Purple
Closest standard CSS name to #A012D3 for developer-friendly reference and docs.
Design token
--color-violet-core
A token-friendly alias you can use in design systems, Tailwind maps, or CSS variables.
Tailwind-friendly scale
violet-500
A naming pattern that fits Tailwind-style scale systems and keeps #A012D3 as the core value.
HSL token
284 84% 45%
Useful when your component library or theme layer stores semantic colors in HSL channels.
Color palettes

Palette ideas related to this color

These palette routes are pulled from the curated library based on RGB similarity, so you can branch into more complete systems quickly.

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Orange Sunset
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Cosmic Sky
Similarity score 51
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Northern Sky
Similarity score 86
Open
vibrantgradientsky
Sunset Spectrum
Similarity score 88
Open
vibrantwarmsunset
Flat UI
Similarity score 93
Open
vibrantsoftmodern
Rainbow Flat
Similarity score 93
Open
vibrantrainbowmodern