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#8317EA

#8317ea ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#8317ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 9.02% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.02% cyan, 90.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 270.71°, with 83.4% saturation and 50.39% 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 6.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 2.51.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1138

Complementary

  1. #8317ea
  2. #7eea17

Split complementary

  1. #8317ea
  2. #e8ea17
  3. #17ea19

Analogous

  1. #1917ea
  2. #8317ea
  3. #ea17e8

Triadic

  1. #8317ea
  2. #ea8317
  3. #17ea83

Tetradic

  1. #8317ea
  2. #ea177e
  3. #7eea17
  4. #17ea83

Square

  1. #8317ea
  2. #ea1917
  3. #7eea17
  4. #17e8ea

Monochromatic

  1. #35095f
  2. #5c0fa6
  3. #8317ea
  4. #a85df0
  5. #cea3f7

Shades

#8317ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8317ea
  2. #7615d3
  3. #6912bb
  4. #5c10a4
  5. #4f0e8c
  6. #420c75
  7. #34095e
  8. #270746
  9. #1a052f
  10. #0d0217
  11. #000000

Tints

#8317ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8317ea
  2. #8f2eec
  3. #9c45ee
  4. #a85df0
  5. #b574f2
  6. #c18bf5
  7. #cda2f7
  8. #dab9f9
  9. #e6d1fb
  10. #f3e8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8317ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8317ea
  2. #8322df
  3. #822cd5
  4. #8237ca
  5. #8241c0
  6. #824cb5
  7. #8156aa
  8. #8161a0
  9. #816b95
  10. #80768b
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #5f5f5f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f4ca9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #005fef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005de6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #685e8b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #224ced ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #334ae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #744bb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8317ea {
  color: #8317ea;
}
Background
.bg-8317ea {
  background-color: #8317ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8317ea {
  border: 2px solid #8317ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8317ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 23 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8317ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8317ea, #ea17e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8317ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 23 234 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 2.51 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 2.97 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 3.46 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 4.16 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.00 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 5.91 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.47 #7ce815 Inverted #5f5f5f Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#8317ea  rgb(131, 23, 234)  hsl(271, 83%, 50%)  Blue Violet
#7eea17  rgb(126, 234, 23)  hsl(91, 83%, 50%)  Lawn Green
#ea8317  rgb(234, 131, 23)  hsl(31, 83%, 50%)  Tangerine
#17ea83  rgb(23, 234, 131)  hsl(151, 83%, 50%)  Medium Spring Green