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#8A11CA

#8a11ca ≈ Dark Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a11ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 6.67% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.68% cyan, 91.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 279.24°, with 84.47% saturation and 42.94% 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 1.81.

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Web safe#9900cc
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Relative luminance0.1007

Complementary

  1. #8a11ca
  2. #51ca11

Split complementary

  1. #8a11ca
  2. #aeca11
  3. #11ca2d

Analogous

  1. #2d11ca
  2. #8a11ca
  3. #ca11ae

Triadic

  1. #8a11ca
  2. #ca8a11
  3. #11ca8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a11ca
  2. #ca1151
  3. #51ca11
  4. #11ca8a

Square

  1. #8a11ca
  2. #ca2d11
  3. #51ca11
  4. #11aeca

Monochromatic

  1. #2a053d
  2. #5a0b83
  3. #8a11ca
  4. #b039ee
  5. #cc80f4

Shades

#8a11ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a11ca
  2. #7c0fb6
  3. #6e0ea2
  4. #610c8d
  5. #530a79
  6. #450965
  7. #370751
  8. #29053d
  9. #1c0328
  10. #0e0214
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a11ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a11ca
  2. #9629cf
  3. #a141d5
  4. #ad58da
  5. #b970df
  6. #c588e5
  7. #d0a0ea
  8. #dcb8ef
  9. #e8cff4
  10. #f3e7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a11ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a11ca
  2. #891cc3
  3. #8827bb
  4. #8732b4
  5. #863dac
  6. #8549a5
  7. #84549e
  8. #835f96
  9. #826a8f
  10. #817587
  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 #704794 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0056ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005ac7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7f4c77 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4344cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5048c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #843c9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a11ca {
  color: #8a11ca;
}
Background
.bg-8a11ca {
  background-color: #8a11ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8a11ca {
  border: 2px solid #8a11ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a11ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 17 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 84% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a11ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a11ca, #ca11ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a11ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 17 202 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 1.81 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 4.63 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.22 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.69 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.28 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.64 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 8.35 #75ee35 Inverted #595959 Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#8a11ca  rgb(138, 17, 202)  hsl(279, 84%, 43%)  Dark Violet
#51ca11  rgb(81, 202, 17)  hsl(99, 84%, 43%)  Lime Green
#ca8a11  rgb(202, 138, 17)  hsl(39, 84%, 43%)  Dark Goldenrod
#11ca8a  rgb(17, 202, 138)  hsl(159, 84%, 43%)  Caribbean Green