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#8A16EA

#8a16ea ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#8a16ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 8.63% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.03% cyan, 90.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 272.83°, with 83.46% saturation and 50.2% 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 6.21:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 1.91.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1192

Complementary

  1. #8a16ea
  2. #76ea16

Split complementary

  1. #8a16ea
  2. #e0ea16
  3. #16ea20

Analogous

  1. #2016ea
  2. #8a16ea
  3. #ea16e0

Triadic

  1. #8a16ea
  2. #ea8a16
  3. #16ea8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a16ea
  2. #ea1676
  3. #76ea16
  4. #16ea8a

Square

  1. #8a16ea
  2. #ea2016
  3. #76ea16
  4. #16e0ea

Monochromatic

  1. #38095f
  2. #610fa5
  3. #8a16ea
  4. #ad5cf0
  5. #d0a2f7

Shades

#8a16ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a16ea
  2. #7c14d3
  3. #6e12bb
  4. #610fa4
  5. #530d8c
  6. #450b75
  7. #37095e
  8. #290746
  9. #1c042f
  10. #0e0217
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a16ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a16ea
  2. #962dec
  3. #a145ee
  4. #ad5cf0
  5. #b973f2
  6. #c58bf5
  7. #d0a2f7
  8. #dcb9f9
  9. #e8d0fb
  10. #f3e8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a16ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a16ea
  2. #8921df
  3. #882bd5
  4. #8736ca
  5. #8640c0
  6. #854bb5
  7. #8456aa
  8. #8360a0
  9. #826b95
  10. #81758b
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #616161 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #744daa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0060ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005fe6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #735d8b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2f4ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3f4ce8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7d4ab9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a16ea {
  color: #8a16ea;
}
Background
.bg-8a16ea {
  background-color: #8a16ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8a16ea {
  border: 2px solid #8a16ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a16ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 22 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a16ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a16ea, #ea16e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a16ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 22 234 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 1.91 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 2.48 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 3.67 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.12 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 4.32 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.69 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.93 #75e915 Inverted #616161 Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#8a16ea  rgb(138, 22, 234)  hsl(273, 83%, 50%)  Blue Violet
#76ea16  rgb(118, 234, 22)  hsl(93, 83%, 50%)  Lawn Green
#ea8a16  rgb(234, 138, 22)  hsl(33, 83%, 50%)  Fulvous
#16ea8a  rgb(22, 234, 138)  hsl(153, 83%, 50%)  Medium Spring Green