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#8917EA

#8917ea ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#8917ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 9.02% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.45% cyan, 90.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 272.42°, with 83.4% saturation and 50.39% 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 6.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 1.92.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1187

Complementary

  1. #8917ea
  2. #78ea17

Split complementary

  1. #8917ea
  2. #e1ea17
  3. #17ea1f

Analogous

  1. #1f17ea
  2. #8917ea
  3. #ea17e1

Triadic

  1. #8917ea
  2. #ea8917
  3. #17ea89

Tetradic

  1. #8917ea
  2. #ea1778
  3. #78ea17
  4. #17ea89

Square

  1. #8917ea
  2. #ea1f17
  3. #78ea17
  4. #17e1ea

Monochromatic

  1. #37095f
  2. #600fa6
  3. #8917ea
  4. #ad5df0
  5. #d0a3f7

Shades

#8917ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8917ea
  2. #7b15d3
  3. #6e12bb
  4. #6010a4
  5. #520e8c
  6. #450c75
  7. #37095e
  8. #290746
  9. #1b052f
  10. #0e0217
  11. #000000

Tints

#8917ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8917ea
  2. #952eec
  3. #a145ee
  4. #ac5df0
  5. #b874f2
  6. #c48bf5
  7. #d0a2f7
  8. #dcb9f9
  9. #e7d1fb
  10. #f3e8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8917ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8917ea
  2. #8822df
  3. #872cd5
  4. #8637ca
  5. #8541c0
  6. #854cb5
  7. #8456aa
  8. #8361a0
  9. #826b95
  10. #81768b
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #616161 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #734daa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0060ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005fe6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #715d8b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2e4ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3d4ce8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7c4ab9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8917ea {
  color: #8917ea;
}
Background
.bg-8917ea {
  background-color: #8917ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8917ea {
  border: 2px solid #8917ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8917ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 23 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8917ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8917ea, #ea17e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8917ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 23 234 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 1.92 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 2.51 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 3.75 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 4.22 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.22 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.77 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.80 #76e815 Inverted #616161 Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#8917ea  rgb(137, 23, 234)  hsl(272, 83%, 50%)  Blue Violet
#78ea17  rgb(120, 234, 23)  hsl(92, 83%, 50%)  Lawn Green
#ea8917  rgb(234, 137, 23)  hsl(32, 83%, 50%)  Fulvous
#17ea89  rgb(23, 234, 137)  hsl(152, 83%, 50%)  Medium Spring Green