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#770CEA

#770cea ≈ Electric Indigo

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#770cea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.67% red, 4.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.15% cyan, 94.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 268.92°, with 90.24% saturation and 48.24% 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 6.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Indigo (#6f00ff), ΔE 2.39.

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Web safe#6600ff
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Relative luminance0.1013

Complementary

  1. #770cea
  2. #7fea0c

Split complementary

  1. #770cea
  2. #eae60c
  3. #10ea0c

Analogous

  1. #0c10ea
  2. #770cea
  3. #e60cea

Triadic

  1. #770cea
  2. #ea770c
  3. #0cea77

Tetradic

  1. #770cea
  2. #ea0c7f
  3. #7fea0c
  4. #0cea77

Square

  1. #770cea
  2. #ea0c10
  3. #7fea0c
  4. #0ceae6

Monochromatic

  1. #2d0558
  2. #5208a1
  3. #770cea
  4. #9e4df6
  5. #c695fa

Shades

#770cea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #770cea
  2. #6b0bd3
  3. #5f0abb
  4. #5308a4
  5. #47078c
  6. #3c0675
  7. #30055e
  8. #240446
  9. #18022f
  10. #0c0117
  11. #000000

Tints

#770cea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #770cea
  2. #8524ec
  3. #923dee
  4. #a055f0
  5. #ad6df2
  6. #bb86f5
  7. #c99ef7
  8. #d6b6f9
  9. #e4cefb
  10. #f1e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#770cea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #770cea
  2. #7818df
  3. #7923d5
  4. #7a2fca
  5. #7b3ac0
  6. #7c46b5
  7. #7c52aa
  8. #7d5da0
  9. #7e6995
  10. #7f748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #5a5a5a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6747a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #005bef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0056e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #525d8a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0048ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0c44e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #634ab8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-770cea {
  color: #770cea;
}
Background
.bg-770cea {
  background-color: #770cea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-770cea {
  border: 2px solid #770cea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #770cea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 119 12 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-770cea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #770cea, #e60cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-770cea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(119 12 234 / 0.35);
}

#6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 2.39 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 4.23 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 4.48 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 4.57 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 5.30 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 5.71 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.91 #88f315 Inverted #5a5a5a Grayscale 

Electric Indigo
#770cea  rgb(119, 12, 234)  hsl(269, 90%, 48%)  Electric Indigo
#7fea0c  rgb(127, 234, 12)  hsl(89, 90%, 48%)  Lawn Green
#ea770c  rgb(234, 119, 12)  hsl(29, 90%, 48%)  Cadmium Orange
#0cea77  rgb(12, 234, 119)  hsl(149, 90%, 48%)  Spring Green