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#7940FA

#7940fa ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#7940fa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 25.1% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.6% cyan, 74.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 258.39°, with 94.9% saturation and 61.57% 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 5.35:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 5.32.

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Relative luminance0.1463

Complementary

  1. #7940fa
  2. #c1fa40

Split complementary

  1. #7940fa
  2. #fad640
  3. #64fa40

Analogous

  1. #4064fa
  2. #7940fa
  3. #d640fa

Triadic

  1. #7940fa
  2. #fa7940
  3. #40fa79

Tetradic

  1. #7940fa
  2. #fa40c1
  3. #c1fa40
  4. #40fa79

Square

  1. #7940fa
  2. #fa4064
  3. #c1fa40
  4. #40fad6

Monochromatic

  1. #33049d
  2. #4b06e7
  3. #7940fa
  4. #ad8bfc
  5. #e2d5fe

Shades

#7940fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7940fa
  2. #6d3ae1
  3. #6133c8
  4. #552daf
  5. #492696
  6. #3d207d
  7. #301a64
  8. #24134b
  9. #180d32
  10. #0c0619
  11. #000000

Tints

#7940fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7940fa
  2. #8653fb
  3. #9466fb
  4. #a179fc
  5. #af8cfc
  6. #bca0fd
  7. #c9b3fd
  8. #d7c6fe
  9. #e4d9fe
  10. #f2ecff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7940fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7940fa
  2. #7a46ee
  3. #7a4de2
  4. #7b53d5
  5. #7c5ac9
  6. #7d60bd
  7. #7d66b1
  8. #7e6da5
  9. #7f7398
  10. #7f7a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6b6b6b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #715db6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006eff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0066f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #48749b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #175ffd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2059f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5f63c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7940fa {
  color: #7940fa;
}
Background
.bg-7940fa {
  background-color: #7940fa;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-7940fa {
  border: 2px solid #7940fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7940fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 64 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 95% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7940fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7940fa, #d640fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7940fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 64 250 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.32 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 5.56 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 5.93 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.32 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 6.75 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 7.66 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 8.09 #86bf05 Inverted #6b6b6b Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#7940fa  rgb(121, 64, 250)  hsl(258, 95%, 62%)  Blue Violet
#c1fa40  rgb(193, 250, 64)  hsl(78, 95%, 62%)  Green Yellow
#fa7940  rgb(250, 121, 64)  hsl(18, 95%, 62%)  Mango Tango
#40fa79  rgb(64, 250, 121)  hsl(138, 95%, 62%)  Spring Green