Vivid Purple Hex Codes: 55 Vivid, highly saturated shades
55 vivid, highly saturated shades of purple with names, hex codes, contrast on white and the best text color for each.
These are the vivid, highly saturated shades of purple in Tintly's color library: 55 of the 168 purple shades. Vivid shades are accents. They attract the eye, so use them for one action at a time.
Vivid purple shades with hex codes
| Name | Hex | On white | Text on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackmail | #220066 | 16.66:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Indiglow | #301885 | 13.16:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Indigo | #4B0082 | 12.95:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Indigo Static | #4B0183 | 12.87:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Velvet Vortex | #540D6E | 12.65:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Gentian Blue | #312297 | 11.62:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Occult | #4B1E87 | 11.44:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Bluebell | #333399 | 10.12:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Extraviolet | #661188 | 10.49:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Galactic Purple | #472E97 | 9.97:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Night Fever | #572E89 | 9.73:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Purple Patch | #5C2E88 | 9.53:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Ultraberry | #770088 | 9.81:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Wild Violet | #63209B | 9.50:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Lucid Dreams | #632F92 | 8.92:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Ruthless Empress | #573894 | 8.75:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Royalty | #5930A9 | 8.67:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Purple Heart | #69359C | 8.10:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Space Opera | #5511DD | 8.36:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Purple Emperor | #6633BB | 7.61:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Royal Nightcore | #533CC6 | 7.42:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Blurple | #5539CC | 7.38:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Electric Indigo | #6600FF | 6.97:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Lilac Spring | #8822CC | 6.67:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Purple Rain | #7442C8 | 6.25:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Nebula | #A104C3 | 6.32:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Violent Violet | #7F00FF | 6.27:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Prom Queen | #9B1DCD | 6.08:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Purple Climax | #8800FF | 6.01:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Magentleman | #AA22BB | 5.74:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Violet | #9A0EEA | 5.79:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Cosmic Heart | #9601F4 | 5.82:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Telemagenta | #AA22CC | 5.51:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Vivid Violet | #9F00FF | 5.35:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Sweet Desire | #AA33EE | 4.75:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Amethyst | #9966CC | 4.09:1 | #111111 |
| Neon Purple | #BC13FE | 4.50:1 | #FFFFFF |
| Trippy Velvet | #CC00EE | 4.37:1 | #000000 |
| Matt Purple | #9370DB | 3.76:1 | #111111 |
| Orion Nebula | #A55AF4 | 3.91:1 | #111111 |
| Violet Voltage | #A669DB | 3.70:1 | #111111 |
| Magento | #BF3CFF | 3.95:1 | #111111 |
| Flamingo Queen | #CC33FF | 3.82:1 | #111111 |
| Lavendless | #B86FC2 | 3.44:1 | #111111 |
| Pinkman | #DD11FF | 3.75:1 | #111111 |
| Orchid | #7A81FF | 3.27:1 | #111111 |
| Lavender | #B56EDC | 3.37:1 | #111111 |
| Bubblegum Baby Girl | #CC55EE | 3.44:1 | #111111 |
| Epink | #DD33FF | 3.50:1 | #111111 |
| Periwinkle | #8E82FE | 3.09:1 | #111111 |
| Flaming Flamingo | #DD55FF | 3.08:1 | #111111 |
| Illicit Purple | #BF77F6 | 2.92:1 | #111111 |
| Fake Love | #CC77EE | 2.82:1 | #111111 |
| Pinkling | #EB84F5 | 2.29:1 | #111111 |
| Party Pig | #EE99FF | 1.97:1 | #111111 |
How to use them
Use one vivid shade as the accent and keep the rest of the page in neutrals or muted shades, so the accent stays an event rather than the wallpaper.
Standouts in this group
- Darkest: Blackmail (#220066), at 25% lightness.
- Lightest: Party Pig (#EE99FF), at 80% lightness.
- Most saturated: Pinkman (#DD11FF).
- Best text color on white: Blackmail (#220066), at 16.66:1.
What the numbers say
Across all 168 purple shades in the library, lightness runs from 12% to 86%. 104 of them reach 4.5 to 1 on white, so they can be used as text on a light page, and 58 reach 4.5 to 1 on near-black, so they can be used as text on a dark page. The rest are for fills, surfaces and large type, where the requirement is lower. Within the vivid, highly saturated shades the figures are different: 36 of 55 pass on white.
Pairing with other families
The base purple (#7B3FE4) separates best from beige (4.06:1), yellow (3.48:1) and orange (2.17:1). Because purple stands for royalty, luxury and imagination, those pairings carry the most contrast of both color and meaning.
- Purple and beige: see the combinations in soft, bold and dark versions.
- Purple and yellow: see the combinations in soft, bold and dark versions.
- Purple and orange: see the combinations in soft, bold and dark versions.