Vega Violet Color

#aa55ff

Vega Violet is vivid, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, warm cyan or orange

Inverse Color #5a0
Complementary Color #aafe55
Color Shade: warm blue (270° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with white)
Vega Violet Color Sample
Vega Violet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa55ff

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Vega Violet Color. The Jacaranda Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Purple Illusionist (#a675fe) for more calm effect. Try Cool Purple as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#aafe55 is the best complementary color to Vega Violet. Cool yellow shades generally complement the warm blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a5f complementary color is Green Yellow, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #5555fe and #fe55fe. Thus found on the left and right of #a5f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dodger Blue and Pink Flamingo colors as they work well with Vega Violet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Vega Violet palette consists of #55fe55 and #fefe55 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#aafe55). Try Screamin' Green and Gorse colors in combination with #a5f, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #a5f offers a combination of green cyan and orange shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Vega Violet. Thus Aquamarine and Texas Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Vega Violet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Green Yellow, Persimmon, and Aquamarine split by 90° on the color wheel. #a5f square combo is a palette of warm blue, mid red, cool yellow and warm cyan shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Vega Violet tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#aafe55) and two others. The Texas Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Malibu – 120° from the complementary Green Yellow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #feaa55 and #55a9fe.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa55ff is made of 33% red, 17% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Vega Violet has a hue angle of 270°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa55ff is made of 33.33% cyan, 66.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #aa55ff
RGB Decimal rgb(170,85,255)
RGB Percentage 33%, 17%, 50%
CMYK 33.33, 66.67, 0, 0
HSL hsl(270,100%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(270,66.67%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.305,64.9028,-71.1664)
XYZ xyz(37.8761,22.263,96.9087)
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