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#840CDA

#840cda ≈ Dark Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#840cda is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.76% red, 4.71% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.45% cyan, 94.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 274.95°, with 89.57% saturation and 45.1% 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 6.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 2.78.

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Web safe#9900cc
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Relative luminance0.1023

Complementary

  1. #840cda
  2. #62da0c

Split complementary

  1. #840cda
  2. #c9da0c
  3. #0cda1d

Analogous

  1. #1d0cda
  2. #840cda
  3. #da0cc9

Triadic

  1. #840cda
  2. #da840c
  3. #0cda84

Tetradic

  1. #840cda
  2. #da0c62
  3. #62da0c
  4. #0cda84

Square

  1. #840cda
  2. #da1d0c
  3. #62da0c
  4. #0cc9da

Monochromatic

  1. #2c0449
  2. #580892
  3. #840cda
  4. #a83ef4
  5. #c987f8

Shades

#840cda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #840cda
  2. #770bc4
  3. #6a0aae
  4. #5c0899
  5. #4f0783
  6. #42066d
  7. #350557
  8. #280441
  9. #1a022c
  10. #0d0116
  11. #000000

Tints

#840cda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #840cda
  2. #9024de
  3. #9d3de1
  4. #a955e5
  5. #b56de9
  6. #c286ed
  7. #ce9ef0
  8. #dab6f4
  9. #e6cef8
  10. #f3e7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#840cda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #840cda
  2. #8418d1
  3. #8323c8
  4. #832fbf
  5. #823ab6
  6. #8246ad
  7. #8252a4
  8. #815d9b
  9. #816992
  10. #807489
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #5a5a5a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d479e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0059df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0059d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #715480 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3046dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3f46d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7942ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-840cda {
  color: #840cda;
}
Background
.bg-840cda {
  background-color: #840cda;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-840cda {
  border: 2px solid #840cda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #840cda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 132 12 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 90% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-840cda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #840cda, #da0cc9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-840cda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(132 12 218 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 2.78 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 3.66 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 4.92 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 4.99 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.24 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.60 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.80 #7bf325 Inverted #5a5a5a Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#840cda  rgb(132, 12, 218)  hsl(275, 90%, 45%)  Dark Violet
#62da0c  rgb(98, 218, 12)  hsl(95, 90%, 45%)  Lime Green
#da840c  rgb(218, 132, 12)  hsl(35, 90%, 45%)  Fulvous
#0cda84  rgb(12, 218, 132)  hsl(155, 90%, 45%)  Emerald