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#8317CA

#8317ca ≈ Dark Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8317ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 9.02% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.15% cyan, 88.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 276.2°, with 79.56% saturation and 44.12% 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 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 2.75.

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Web safe#9900cc
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Relative luminance0.097

Complementary

  1. #8317ca
  2. #5eca17

Split complementary

  1. #8317ca
  2. #b8ca17
  3. #17ca29

Analogous

  1. #2917ca
  2. #8317ca
  3. #ca17b8

Triadic

  1. #8317ca
  2. #ca8317
  3. #17ca83

Tetradic

  1. #8317ca
  2. #ca175e
  3. #5eca17
  4. #17ca83

Square

  1. #8317ca
  2. #ca2917
  3. #5eca17
  4. #17b8ca

Monochromatic

  1. #2a0741
  2. #560f85
  3. #8317ca
  4. #a844ea
  5. #c889f2

Shades

#8317ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8317ca
  2. #7615b6
  3. #6912a2
  4. #5c108d
  5. #4f0e79
  6. #420c65
  7. #340951
  8. #27073d
  9. #1a0528
  10. #0d0214
  11. #000000

Tints

#8317ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8317ca
  2. #8f2ecf
  3. #9c45d5
  4. #a85dda
  5. #b574df
  6. #c18be5
  7. #cda2ea
  8. #dab9ef
  9. #e6d1f4
  10. #f3e8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8317ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8317ca
  2. #8322c3
  3. #822cbb
  4. #8237b4
  5. #8241ac
  6. #824ca5
  7. #81569e
  8. #816196
  9. #816b8f
  10. #807687
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #585858 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c4694 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0055ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0058c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #754f78 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3b44cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4846c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b3f9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8317ca {
  color: #8317ca;
}
Background
.bg-8317ca {
  background-color: #8317ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8317ca {
  border: 2px solid #8317ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8317ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 23 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8317ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8317ca, #ca17b8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8317ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 23 202 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 2.75 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 4.68 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.90 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 6.74 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.79 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 7.83 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.05 #7ce835 Inverted #585858 Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#8317ca  rgb(131, 23, 202)  hsl(276, 80%, 44%)  Dark Violet
#5eca17  rgb(94, 202, 23)  hsl(96, 80%, 44%)  Lime Green
#ca8317  rgb(202, 131, 23)  hsl(36, 80%, 44%)  Bronze
#17ca83  rgb(23, 202, 131)  hsl(156, 80%, 44%)  Emerald