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#6816EA

#6816ea ≈ Electric Indigo

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#6816ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 8.63% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.56% cyan, 90.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 263.21°, with 83.46% saturation and 50.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Indigo (#6f00ff), ΔE 2.52.

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Web safe#6600ff
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Relative luminance0.0946

Complementary

  1. #6816ea
  2. #98ea16

Split complementary

  1. #6816ea
  2. #ead216
  3. #2eea16

Analogous

  1. #162eea
  2. #6816ea
  3. #d216ea

Triadic

  1. #6816ea
  2. #ea6816
  3. #16ea68

Tetradic

  1. #6816ea
  2. #ea1698
  3. #98ea16
  4. #16ea68

Square

  1. #6816ea
  2. #ea162e
  3. #98ea16
  4. #16ead2

Monochromatic

  1. #2a095f
  2. #490fa5
  3. #6816ea
  4. #955cf0
  5. #c3a2f7

Shades

#6816ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6816ea
  2. #5e14d3
  3. #5312bb
  4. #490fa4
  5. #3e0d8c
  6. #340b75
  7. #2a095e
  8. #1f0746
  9. #15042f
  10. #0a0217
  11. #000000

Tints

#6816ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6816ea
  2. #772dec
  3. #8645ee
  4. #955cf0
  5. #a473f2
  6. #b48bf5
  7. #c3a2f7
  8. #d2b9f9
  9. #e1d0fb
  10. #f0e8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6816ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6816ea
  2. #6a21df
  3. #6d2bd5
  4. #6f36ca
  5. #7240c0
  6. #744bb5
  7. #7656aa
  8. #7960a0
  9. #7b6b95
  10. #7e758b
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #575757 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5e45a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #005bef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0051e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2d608b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0048ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0041e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4b4db9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6816ea {
  color: #6816ea;
}
Background
.bg-6816ea {
  background-color: #6816ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-6816ea {
  border: 2px solid #6816ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6816ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 22 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 263 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6816ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6816ea, #d216ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6816ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 22 234 / 0.35);
}

#6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 2.52 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 2.62 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 4.09 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.94 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.09 #0000ff Blue ΔE 6.18 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.99 #97e915 Inverted #575757 Grayscale 

Electric Indigo
#6816ea  rgb(104, 22, 234)  hsl(263, 83%, 50%)  Electric Indigo
#98ea16  rgb(152, 234, 22)  hsl(83, 83%, 50%)  Spring Bud
#ea6816  rgb(234, 104, 22)  hsl(23, 83%, 50%)  Persimmon
#16ea68  rgb(22, 234, 104)  hsl(143, 83%, 50%)  Malachite