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#701ECB

#701ecb ≈ Dark Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#701ecb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.92% red, 11.76% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.83% cyan, 85.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 268.44°, with 74.25% saturation and 45.69% 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 brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 5.58.

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Web safe#6633cc
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Relative luminance0.0869

Complementary

  1. #701ecb
  2. #79cb1e

Split complementary

  1. #701ecb
  2. #cbc71e
  3. #22cb1e

Analogous

  1. #1e22cb
  2. #701ecb
  3. #c71ecb

Triadic

  1. #701ecb
  2. #cb701e
  3. #1ecb70

Tetradic

  1. #701ecb
  2. #cb1e79
  3. #79cb1e
  4. #1ecb70

Square

  1. #701ecb
  2. #cb1e22
  3. #79cb1e
  4. #1ecbc7

Monochromatic

  1. #260a46
  2. #4b1488
  3. #701ecb
  4. #9750e5
  5. #bf93ef

Shades

#701ecb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #701ecb
  2. #651bb7
  3. #5a18a2
  4. #4e158e
  5. #43127a
  6. #380f66
  7. #2d0c51
  8. #22093d
  9. #160629
  10. #0b0314
  11. #000000

Tints

#701ecb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #701ecb
  2. #7e35d0
  3. #8d4bd5
  4. #9b62db
  5. #a978e0
  6. #b88fe5
  7. #c6a5ea
  8. #d4bcef
  9. #e2d2f5
  10. #f1e9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#701ecb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #701ecb
  2. #7228c4
  3. #7332bc
  4. #753bb5
  5. #7645ad
  6. #784fa6
  7. #7a599e
  8. #7b6397
  9. #7d6c8f
  10. #7e7688
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #535353 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #604493 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0054cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0051c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #575379 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2044ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2c42c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6244a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-701ecb {
  color: #701ecb;
}
Background
.bg-701ecb {
  background-color: #701ecb;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-701ecb {
  border: 2px solid #701ecb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #701ecb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 112 30 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 74% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-701ecb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #701ecb, #c71ecb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-701ecb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(112 30 203 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 5.58 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 5.95 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.01 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.18 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 7.20 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 7.40 #663399 Rebecca Purple ΔE 7.66 #8fe134 Inverted #535353 Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#701ecb  rgb(112, 30, 203)  hsl(268, 74%, 46%)  Dark Violet
#79cb1e  rgb(121, 203, 30)  hsl(88, 74%, 46%)  Yellow Green
#cb701e  rgb(203, 112, 30)  hsl(28, 74%, 46%)  Ochre
#1ecb70  rgb(30, 203, 112)  hsl(148, 74%, 46%)  Emerald