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#8A18EB

#8a18eb ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#8a18eb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 9.41% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.28% cyan, 89.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 272.42°, with 84.06% saturation and 50.78% 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 6.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 1.81.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1205

Complementary

  1. #8a18eb
  2. #79eb18

Split complementary

  1. #8a18eb
  2. #e2eb18
  3. #18eb20

Analogous

  1. #2018eb
  2. #8a18eb
  3. #eb18e2

Triadic

  1. #8a18eb
  2. #eb8a18
  3. #18eb8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a18eb
  2. #eb1879
  3. #79eb18
  4. #18eb8a

Square

  1. #8a18eb
  2. #eb2018
  3. #79eb18
  4. #18e2eb

Monochromatic

  1. #390862
  2. #610fa8
  3. #8a18eb
  4. #ae5ef1
  5. #d1a5f7

Shades

#8a18eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a18eb
  2. #7c16d4
  3. #6e13bc
  4. #6111a5
  5. #530e8d
  6. #450c76
  7. #370a5e
  8. #290747
  9. #1c052f
  10. #0e0218
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a18eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a18eb
  2. #962fed
  3. #a146ef
  4. #ad5df1
  5. #b974f3
  6. #c58cf5
  7. #d0a3f7
  8. #dcbaf9
  9. #e8d1fb
  10. #f3e8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a18eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a18eb
  2. #8922e0
  3. #882dd6
  4. #8737cb
  5. #8642c0
  6. #854cb6
  7. #8456ab
  8. #8361a0
  9. #826b95
  10. #81768b
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #616161 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #744eab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0061f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0060e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #735e8b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2f4dee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3e4de9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7d4bba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a18eb {
  color: #8a18eb;
}
Background
.bg-8a18eb {
  background-color: #8a18eb;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8a18eb {
  border: 2px solid #8a18eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a18eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 24 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 84% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a18eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a18eb, #eb18e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a18eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 24 235 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 1.81 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 2.33 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 3.84 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.97 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 4.33 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.69 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.95 #75e714 Inverted #616161 Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#8a18eb  rgb(138, 24, 235)  hsl(272, 84%, 51%)  Blue Violet
#79eb18  rgb(121, 235, 24)  hsl(92, 84%, 51%)  Lawn Green
#eb8a18  rgb(235, 138, 24)  hsl(32, 84%, 51%)  Carrot Orange
#18eb8a  rgb(24, 235, 138)  hsl(152, 84%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green