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#8A09CE

#8a09ce ≈ Dark Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#8a09ce is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 3.53% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.01% cyan, 95.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 279.29°, with 91.63% saturation and 42.16% 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 6.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 1.7.

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Web safe#9900cc
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Relative luminance0.1005

Complementary

  1. #8a09ce
  2. #4dce09

Split complementary

  1. #8a09ce
  2. #b0ce09
  3. #09ce28

Analogous

  1. #2809ce
  2. #8a09ce
  3. #ce09b0

Triadic

  1. #8a09ce
  2. #ce8a09
  3. #09ce8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a09ce
  2. #ce094d
  3. #4dce09
  4. #09ce8a

Square

  1. #8a09ce
  2. #ce2809
  3. #4dce09
  4. #09b0ce

Monochromatic

  1. #28033b
  2. #590685
  3. #8a09ce
  4. #b12ef6
  5. #cc77f9

Shades

#8a09ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a09ce
  2. #7c08b9
  3. #6e07a5
  4. #610690
  5. #53057c
  6. #450567
  7. #370452
  8. #29033e
  9. #1c0229
  10. #0e0115
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a09ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a09ce
  2. #9622d3
  3. #a13ad8
  4. #ad53dd
  5. #b96be2
  6. #c584e7
  7. #d09deb
  8. #dcb5f0
  9. #e8cef5
  10. #f3e6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a09ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a09ce
  2. #8915c6
  3. #8821be
  4. #872db7
  5. #8639af
  6. #8545a7
  7. #84509f
  8. #835c97
  9. #826890
  10. #817488
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #595959 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #704696 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0056d3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005acb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7e4d79 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4043d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d47cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #833ca2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a09ce {
  color: #8a09ce;
}
Background
.bg-8a09ce {
  background-color: #8a09ce;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8a09ce {
  border: 2px solid #8a09ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a09ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 9 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a09ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a09ce, #ce09b0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a09ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 9 206 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 1.70 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 4.48 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.49 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.29 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 6.80 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.35 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 8.57 #75f631 Inverted #595959 Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#8a09ce  rgb(138, 9, 206)  hsl(279, 92%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#4dce09  rgb(77, 206, 9)  hsl(99, 92%, 42%)  Lime Green
#ce8a09  rgb(206, 138, 9)  hsl(39, 92%, 42%)  Dark Goldenrod
#09ce8a  rgb(9, 206, 138)  hsl(159, 92%, 42%)  Caribbean Green