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#8331EA

#8331ea ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8331ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 19.22% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.02% cyan, 79.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 266.59°, with 81.5% saturation and 55.49% 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 5.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 1.71.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1296

Complementary

  1. #8331ea
  2. #98ea31

Split complementary

  1. #8331ea
  2. #eadf31
  3. #3cea31

Analogous

  1. #313cea
  2. #8331ea
  3. #df31ea

Triadic

  1. #8331ea
  2. #ea8331
  3. #31ea83

Tetradic

  1. #8331ea
  2. #ea3198
  3. #98ea31
  4. #31ea83

Square

  1. #8331ea
  2. #ea313c
  3. #98ea31
  4. #31eadf

Monochromatic

  1. #3b0c76
  2. #5e13bb
  3. #8331ea
  4. #ad76f1
  5. #d7bcf8

Shades

#8331ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8331ea
  2. #762cd3
  3. #6927bb
  4. #5c22a4
  5. #4f1d8c
  6. #421975
  7. #34145e
  8. #270f46
  9. #1a0a2f
  10. #0d0517
  11. #000000

Tints

#8331ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8331ea
  2. #8f46ec
  3. #9c5aee
  4. #a86ff0
  5. #b583f2
  6. #c198f5
  7. #cdadf7
  8. #dac1f9
  9. #e6d6fb
  10. #f3eafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8331ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8331ea
  2. #8339df
  3. #8241d5
  4. #8249ca
  5. #8251c0
  6. #8259b5
  7. #8160aa
  8. #8168a0
  9. #817095
  10. #80788b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #656565 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7255ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0066ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0062e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #67668e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3055ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3b53e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7355ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8331ea {
  color: #8331ea;
}
Background
.bg-8331ea {
  background-color: #8331ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8331ea {
  border: 2px solid #8331ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8331ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 49 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8331ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8331ea, #df31ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8331ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 49 234 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 1.71 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 3.39 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.58 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 5.10 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 5.65 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.80 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 7.14 #7cce15 Inverted #656565 Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#8331ea  rgb(131, 49, 234)  hsl(267, 82%, 55%)  Blue Violet
#98ea31  rgb(152, 234, 49)  hsl(87, 82%, 55%)  Inchworm
#ea8331  rgb(234, 131, 49)  hsl(27, 82%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#31ea83  rgb(49, 234, 131)  hsl(147, 82%, 55%)  Medium Spring Green