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#7C40FA

#7c40fa ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#7c40fa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 48.63% red, 25.1% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.4% cyan, 74.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 259.35°, 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 5.29:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 5.21.

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Relative luminance0.1485

Complementary

  1. #7c40fa
  2. #befa40

Split complementary

  1. #7c40fa
  2. #fad940
  3. #61fa40

Analogous

  1. #4061fa
  2. #7c40fa
  3. #d940fa

Triadic

  1. #7c40fa
  2. #fa7c40
  3. #40fa7c

Tetradic

  1. #7c40fa
  2. #fa40be
  3. #befa40
  4. #40fa7c

Square

  1. #7c40fa
  2. #fa4061
  3. #befa40
  4. #40fad9

Monochromatic

  1. #35049d
  2. #4f06e7
  3. #7c40fa
  4. #af8bfc
  5. #e2d5fe

Shades

#7c40fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7c40fa
  2. #703ae1
  3. #6333c8
  4. #572daf
  5. #4a2696
  6. #3e207d
  7. #321a64
  8. #25134b
  9. #190d32
  10. #0c0619
  11. #000000

Tints

#7c40fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7c40fa
  2. #8953fb
  3. #9666fb
  4. #a379fc
  5. #b08cfc
  6. #bea0fd
  7. #cbb3fd
  8. #d8c6fe
  9. #e5d9fe
  10. #f2ecff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7c40fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7c40fa
  2. #7c46ee
  3. #7d4de2
  4. #7d53d5
  5. #7e5ac9
  6. #7e60bd
  7. #7e66b1
  8. #7f6da5
  9. #7f7398
  10. #807a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6c6c6c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #725db7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0067f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4f739b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #1f5ffd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #285af8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6463c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7c40fa {
  color: #7c40fa;
}
Background
.bg-7c40fa {
  background-color: #7c40fa;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-7c40fa {
  border: 2px solid #7c40fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7c40fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 124 64 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 95% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7c40fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7c40fa, #d940fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7c40fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(124 64 250 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.21 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 5.45 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.04 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 6.21 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 6.94 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 7.94 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.23 #83bf05 Inverted #6c6c6c Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#7c40fa  rgb(124, 64, 250)  hsl(259, 95%, 62%)  Blue Violet
#befa40  rgb(190, 250, 64)  hsl(79, 95%, 62%)  Green Yellow
#fa7c40  rgb(250, 124, 64)  hsl(19, 95%, 62%)  Mango Tango
#40fa7c  rgb(64, 250, 124)  hsl(139, 95%, 62%)  Spring Green