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#751ABE

#751abe ≈ Dark Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#751abe is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.88% red, 10.2% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.42% cyan, 86.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 273.29°, with 75.93% saturation and 42.35% 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 7.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 5.37.

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Web safe#6633cc
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Relative luminance0.0824

Complementary

  1. #751abe
  2. #63be1a

Split complementary

  1. #751abe
  2. #b5be1a
  3. #1abe23

Analogous

  1. #231abe
  2. #751abe
  3. #be1ab5

Triadic

  1. #751abe
  2. #be751a
  3. #1abe75

Tetradic

  1. #751abe
  2. #be1a63
  3. #63be1a
  4. #1abe75

Square

  1. #751abe
  2. #be231a
  3. #63be1a
  4. #1ab5be

Monochromatic

  1. #220837
  2. #4c117b
  3. #751abe
  4. #9b40e5
  5. #be83ee

Shades

#751abe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #751abe
  2. #6917ab
  3. #5e1598
  4. #521285
  5. #461072
  6. #3b0d5f
  7. #2f0a4c
  8. #230839
  9. #170526
  10. #0c0313
  11. #000000

Tints

#751abe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #751abe
  2. #8331c5
  3. #9148cb
  4. #9e5fd2
  5. #ac76d8
  6. #ba8ddf
  7. #c8a3e5
  8. #d6baec
  9. #e3d1f2
  10. #f1e8f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#751abe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #751abe
  2. #7624b8
  3. #772eb2
  4. #7839ab
  5. #7943a5
  6. #7b4d9f
  7. #7c5799
  8. #7d6193
  9. #7e6c8c
  10. #7f7686
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #515151 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #61418a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0050c2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0050bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #654c71 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3140c1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3c41bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6c3d96 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-751abe {
  color: #751abe;
}
Background
.bg-751abe {
  background-color: #751abe;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-751abe {
  border: 2px solid #751abe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #751abe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 117 26 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 76% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-751abe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #751abe, #be1ab5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-751abe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(117 26 190 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 5.37 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 6.26 #663399 Rebecca Purple ΔE 6.48 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.92 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.77 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.16 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 8.18 #8ae541 Inverted #515151 Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#751abe  rgb(117, 26, 190)  hsl(273, 76%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#63be1a  rgb(99, 190, 26)  hsl(93, 76%, 42%)  Kelly Green
#be751a  rgb(190, 117, 26)  hsl(33, 76%, 42%)  Ochre
#1abe75  rgb(26, 190, 117)  hsl(153, 76%, 42%)  Medium Sea Green