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#7516CD

#7516cd ≈ Dark Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#7516cd is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.88% red, 8.63% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.93% cyan, 89.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 271.15°, with 80.62% saturation and 44.51% 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 7.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 4.89.

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Web safe#6600cc
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Relative luminance0.0876

Complementary

  1. #7516cd
  2. #6ecd16

Split complementary

  1. #7516cd
  2. #c9cd16
  3. #16cd1a

Analogous

  1. #1a16cd
  2. #7516cd
  3. #cd16c9

Triadic

  1. #7516cd
  2. #cd7516
  3. #16cd75

Tetradic

  1. #7516cd
  2. #cd166e
  3. #6ecd16
  4. #16cd75

Square

  1. #7516cd
  2. #cd1a16
  3. #6ecd16
  4. #16c9cd

Monochromatic

  1. #260743
  2. #4e0f88
  3. #7516cd
  4. #9b45eb
  5. #c08af2

Shades

#7516cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7516cd
  2. #6914b9
  3. #5e12a4
  4. #520f90
  5. #460d7b
  6. #3b0b67
  7. #2f0952
  8. #23073e
  9. #170429
  10. #0c0215
  11. #000000

Tints

#7516cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7516cd
  2. #832dd2
  3. #9145d7
  4. #9e5cdc
  5. #ac73e1
  6. #ba8be6
  7. #c8a2eb
  8. #d6b9f0
  9. #e3d0f5
  10. #f1e8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7516cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7516cd
  2. #7621c5
  3. #772bbe
  4. #7836b6
  5. #7940ae
  6. #7b4ba7
  7. #7c569f
  8. #7d6097
  9. #7e6b8f
  10. #7f7588
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #545454 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #634394 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0053d2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0052ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5f5279 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2443d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3142cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6841a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7516cd {
  color: #7516cd;
}
Background
.bg-7516cd {
  background-color: #7516cd;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-7516cd {
  border: 2px solid #7516cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7516cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 117 22 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 81% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7516cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7516cd, #cd16c9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7516cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(117 22 205 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 4.89 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.78 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 5.82 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.41 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 7.40 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 7.41 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 7.82 #8ae932 Inverted #545454 Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#7516cd  rgb(117, 22, 205)  hsl(271, 81%, 45%)  Dark Violet
#6ecd16  rgb(110, 205, 22)  hsl(91, 81%, 45%)  Yellow Green
#cd7516  rgb(205, 117, 22)  hsl(31, 81%, 45%)  Ochre
#16cd75  rgb(22, 205, 117)  hsl(151, 81%, 45%)  Emerald