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#880FC9

#880fc9 ≈ Dark Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#880fc9 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 5.88% green and 78.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.34% cyan, 92.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 279.03°, with 86.11% saturation and 42.35% 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 2.18.

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Web safe#9900cc
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Relative luminance0.0979

Complementary

  1. #880fc9
  2. #50c90f

Split complementary

  1. #880fc9
  2. #adc90f
  3. #0fc92b

Analogous

  1. #2b0fc9
  2. #880fc9
  3. #c90fad

Triadic

  1. #880fc9
  2. #c9880f
  3. #0fc988

Tetradic

  1. #880fc9
  2. #c90f50
  3. #50c90f
  4. #0fc988

Square

  1. #880fc9
  2. #c92b0f
  3. #50c90f
  4. #0fadc9

Monochromatic

  1. #28043b
  2. #580a82
  3. #880fc9
  4. #ae35f0
  5. #cb7cf5

Shades

#880fc9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #880fc9
  2. #7a0eb5
  3. #6d0ca1
  4. #5f0b8d
  5. #520979
  6. #440865
  7. #360650
  8. #29053c
  9. #1b0328
  10. #0e0214
  11. #000000

Tints

#880fc9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #880fc9
  2. #9427ce
  3. #a03fd4
  4. #ac57d9
  5. #b86fdf
  6. #c487e4
  7. #cf9fe9
  8. #dbb7ef
  9. #e7cff4
  10. #f3e7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#880fc9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #880fc9
  2. #871ac2
  3. #8626ba
  4. #8631b3
  5. #853cac
  6. #8448a5
  7. #83539d
  8. #825e96
  9. #82698f
  10. #817587
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #585858 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e4693 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0055cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0059c6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7d4c76 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4143cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e46c7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #813c9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-880fc9 {
  color: #880fc9;
}
Background
.bg-880fc9 {
  background-color: #880fc9;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-880fc9 {
  border: 2px solid #880fc9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #880fc9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 15 201;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 86% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-880fc9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #880fc9, #c90fad);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-880fc9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 15 201 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 2.18 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 4.91 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.63 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.91 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.25 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.96 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 8.17 #77f036 Inverted #585858 Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#880fc9  rgb(136, 15, 201)  hsl(279, 86%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#50c90f  rgb(80, 201, 15)  hsl(99, 86%, 42%)  Lime Green
#c9880f  rgb(201, 136, 15)  hsl(39, 86%, 42%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0fc988  rgb(15, 201, 136)  hsl(159, 86%, 42%)  Caribbean Green