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#883AEE

#883aee ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#883aee is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 22.75% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.86% cyan, 75.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 266°, with 84.11% saturation and 58.04% 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 5.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 3.06.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1443

Complementary

  1. #883aee
  2. #a0ee3a

Split complementary

  1. #883aee
  2. #eee23a
  3. #46ee3a

Analogous

  1. #3a46ee
  2. #883aee
  3. #e23aee

Triadic

  1. #883aee
  2. #ee883a
  3. #3aee88

Tetradic

  1. #883aee
  2. #ee3aa0
  3. #a0ee3a
  4. #3aee88

Square

  1. #883aee
  2. #ee3a46
  3. #a0ee3a
  4. #3aeee2

Monochromatic

  1. #3f0b84
  2. #6111ca
  3. #883aee
  4. #b380f4
  5. #ddc7fa

Shades

#883aee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #883aee
  2. #7a34d6
  3. #6d2ebe
  4. #5f29a7
  5. #52238f
  6. #441d77
  7. #36175f
  8. #291147
  9. #1b0c30
  10. #0e0618
  11. #000000

Tints

#883aee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #883aee
  2. #944ef0
  3. #a061f1
  4. #ac75f3
  5. #b889f5
  6. #c49df7
  7. #cfb0f8
  8. #dbc4fa
  9. #e7d8fc
  10. #f3ebfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#883aee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #883aee
  2. #8741e3
  3. #8648d8
  4. #864fcd
  5. #8556c2
  6. #845db7
  7. #8364ac
  8. #826ba1
  9. #827296
  10. #81798b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6a6a6a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #775baf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006bf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0068eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6d6b93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3a5bf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4459ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #795bbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-883aee {
  color: #883aee;
}
Background
.bg-883aee {
  background-color: #883aee;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-883aee {
  border: 2px solid #883aee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #883aee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 58 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 84% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-883aee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #883aee, #e23aee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-883aee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 58 238 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 3.06 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 4.24 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.43 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.92 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 6.77 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 7.00 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.52 #77c511 Inverted #6a6a6a Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#883aee  rgb(136, 58, 238)  hsl(266, 84%, 58%)  Blue Violet
#a0ee3a  rgb(160, 238, 58)  hsl(86, 84%, 58%)  Inchworm
#ee883a  rgb(238, 136, 58)  hsl(26, 84%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#3aee88  rgb(58, 238, 136)  hsl(146, 84%, 58%)  Medium Spring Green