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#8909CA

#8909ca ≈ Dark Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#8909ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 3.53% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.18% cyan, 95.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 279.79°, with 91.47% saturation and 41.37% 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 7.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 2.07.

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Web safe#9900cc
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Relative luminance0.0978

Complementary

  1. #8909ca
  2. #4aca09

Split complementary

  1. #8909ca
  2. #aaca09
  3. #09ca28

Analogous

  1. #2809ca
  2. #8909ca
  3. #ca09aa

Triadic

  1. #8909ca
  2. #ca8909
  3. #09ca89

Tetradic

  1. #8909ca
  2. #ca094a
  3. #4aca09
  4. #09ca89

Square

  1. #8909ca
  2. #ca2809
  3. #4aca09
  4. #09aaca

Monochromatic

  1. #260238
  2. #570681
  3. #8909ca
  4. #b12af6
  5. #cc73f9

Shades

#8909ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8909ca
  2. #7b08b6
  3. #6e07a2
  4. #60068d
  5. #520579
  6. #450565
  7. #370451
  8. #29033d
  9. #1b0228
  10. #0e0114
  11. #000000

Tints

#8909ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8909ca
  2. #9522cf
  3. #a13ad5
  4. #ac53da
  5. #b86bdf
  6. #c484e5
  7. #d09dea
  8. #dcb5ef
  9. #e7cef4
  10. #f3e6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8909ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8909ca
  2. #8815c3
  3. #8721bb
  4. #862db4
  5. #8539ac
  6. #8545a5
  7. #84509e
  8. #835c96
  9. #82688f
  10. #817487
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #585858 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f4594 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0054ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0059c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7e4b76 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4042cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e46c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #823b9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8909ca {
  color: #8909ca;
}
Background
.bg-8909ca {
  background-color: #8909ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8909ca {
  border: 2px solid #8909ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8909ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 9 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8909ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8909ca, #ca09aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8909ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 9 202 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 2.07 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 4.97 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.71 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.85 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.21 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.90 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 8.39 #76f635 Inverted #585858 Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#8909ca  rgb(137, 9, 202)  hsl(280, 91%, 41%)  Dark Violet
#4aca09  rgb(74, 202, 9)  hsl(100, 91%, 41%)  Lime Green
#ca8909  rgb(202, 137, 9)  hsl(40, 91%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod
#09ca89  rgb(9, 202, 137)  hsl(160, 91%, 41%)  Caribbean Green