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#8220EA

#8220ea ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#8220ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.98% red, 12.55% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.44% cyan, 86.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 269.11°, with 82.79% saturation and 52.16% 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 6.28:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 2.07.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1172

Complementary

  1. #8220ea
  2. #88ea20

Split complementary

  1. #8220ea
  2. #eae720
  3. #23ea20

Analogous

  1. #2023ea
  2. #8220ea
  3. #e720ea

Triadic

  1. #8220ea
  2. #ea8220
  3. #20ea82

Tetradic

  1. #8220ea
  2. #ea2088
  3. #88ea20
  4. #20ea82

Square

  1. #8220ea
  2. #ea2023
  3. #88ea20
  4. #20eae7

Monochromatic

  1. #370a67
  2. #5c10ad
  3. #8220ea
  4. #a966f1
  5. #d0acf7

Shades

#8220ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8220ea
  2. #751dd3
  3. #681abb
  4. #5b16a4
  5. #4e138c
  6. #411075
  7. #340d5e
  8. #270a46
  9. #1a062f
  10. #0d0317
  11. #000000

Tints

#8220ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8220ea
  2. #8f36ec
  3. #9b4dee
  4. #a863f0
  5. #b479f2
  6. #c190f5
  7. #cda6f7
  8. #dabcf9
  9. #e6d2fb
  10. #f3e9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8220ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8220ea
  2. #822adf
  3. #8233d5
  4. #813dca
  5. #8146c0
  6. #8150b5
  7. #815aaa
  8. #8163a0
  9. #806d95
  10. #80768b
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #606060 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f4eaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0061ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005ee6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #66608c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #244eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #334ce8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #724eb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8220ea {
  color: #8220ea;
}
Background
.bg-8220ea {
  background-color: #8220ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8220ea {
  border: 2px solid #8220ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8220ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 130 32 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 83% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8220ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8220ea, #e720ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8220ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(130 32 234 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 2.07 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 2.91 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 3.65 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 4.50 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.86 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.00 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.29 #7ddf15 Inverted #606060 Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#8220ea  rgb(130, 32, 234)  hsl(269, 83%, 52%)  Blue Violet
#88ea20  rgb(136, 234, 32)  hsl(89, 83%, 52%)  Lawn Green
#ea8220  rgb(234, 130, 32)  hsl(29, 83%, 52%)  Cadmium Orange
#20ea82  rgb(32, 234, 130)  hsl(149, 83%, 52%)  Medium Spring Green