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#8917CA

#8917ca ≈ Dark Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8917ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 9.02% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.18% cyan, 88.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 278.21°, with 79.56% saturation and 44.12% 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 brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 1.9.

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Web safe#9900cc
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Relative luminance0.102

Complementary

  1. #8917ca
  2. #58ca17

Split complementary

  1. #8917ca
  2. #b2ca17
  3. #17ca2f

Analogous

  1. #2f17ca
  2. #8917ca
  3. #ca17b2

Triadic

  1. #8917ca
  2. #ca8917
  3. #17ca89

Tetradic

  1. #8917ca
  2. #ca1758
  3. #58ca17
  4. #17ca89

Square

  1. #8917ca
  2. #ca2f17
  3. #58ca17
  4. #17b2ca

Monochromatic

  1. #2c0741
  2. #5a0f85
  3. #8917ca
  4. #ad44ea
  5. #cb89f2

Shades

#8917ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8917ca
  2. #7b15b6
  3. #6e12a2
  4. #60108d
  5. #520e79
  6. #450c65
  7. #370951
  8. #29073d
  9. #1b0528
  10. #0e0214
  11. #000000

Tints

#8917ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8917ca
  2. #952ecf
  3. #a145d5
  4. #ac5dda
  5. #b874df
  6. #c48be5
  7. #d0a2ea
  8. #dcb9ef
  9. #e7d1f4
  10. #f3e8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8917ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8917ca
  2. #8822c3
  3. #872cbb
  4. #8637b4
  5. #8541ac
  6. #854ca5
  7. #84569e
  8. #836196
  9. #826b8f
  10. #817687
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #5a5a5a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #704894 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0056ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005bc7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7e4e78 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4345cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f49c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #823e9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8917ca {
  color: #8917ca;
}
Background
.bg-8917ca {
  background-color: #8917ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8917ca {
  border: 2px solid #8917ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8917ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 23 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8917ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8917ca, #ca17b2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8917ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 23 202 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 1.90 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 4.37 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.01 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.59 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.21 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.54 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 8.19 #76e835 Inverted #5a5a5a Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#8917ca  rgb(137, 23, 202)  hsl(278, 80%, 44%)  Dark Violet
#58ca17  rgb(88, 202, 23)  hsl(98, 80%, 44%)  Lime Green
#ca8917  rgb(202, 137, 23)  hsl(38, 80%, 44%)  Dark Goldenrod
#17ca89  rgb(23, 202, 137)  hsl(158, 80%, 44%)  Caribbean Green