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#8A28EA

#8a28ea ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#8a28ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 15.69% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.03% cyan, 82.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 270.31°, with 82.2% saturation and 53.73% 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 5.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 0.98.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1286

Complementary

  1. #8a28ea
  2. #88ea28

Split complementary

  1. #8a28ea
  2. #e9ea28
  3. #28ea29

Analogous

  1. #2928ea
  2. #8a28ea
  3. #ea28e9

Triadic

  1. #8a28ea
  2. #ea8a28
  3. #28ea8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a28ea
  2. #ea2888
  3. #88ea28
  4. #28ea8a

Square

  1. #8a28ea
  2. #ea2928
  3. #88ea28
  4. #28e9ea

Monochromatic

  1. #3d0b6e
  2. #6412b4
  3. #8a28ea
  4. #b06ef1
  5. #d6b3f8

Shades

#8a28ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a28ea
  2. #7c24d3
  3. #6e20bb
  4. #611ca4
  5. #53188c
  6. #451475
  7. #37105e
  8. #290c46
  9. #1c082f
  10. #0e0417
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a28ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a28ea
  2. #963eec
  3. #a153ee
  4. #ad69f0
  5. #b97ef2
  6. #c594f5
  7. #d0a9f7
  8. #dcbff9
  9. #e8d4fb
  10. #f3eafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a28ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a28ea
  2. #8931df
  3. #883ad5
  4. #8742ca
  5. #864bc0
  6. #8554b5
  7. #845daa
  8. #8366a0
  9. #826e95
  10. #81778b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #646464 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7553ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0064ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0063e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73628d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3652ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4351e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7d51ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a28ea {
  color: #8a28ea;
}
Background
.bg-8a28ea {
  background-color: #8a28ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8a28ea {
  border: 2px solid #8a28ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a28ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 40 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a28ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a28ea, #ea28e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a28ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 40 234 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 0.98 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 2.64 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.70 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 4.60 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 5.15 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.15 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 7.57 #75d715 Inverted #646464 Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#8a28ea  rgb(138, 40, 234)  hsl(270, 82%, 54%)  Blue Violet
#88ea28  rgb(136, 234, 40)  hsl(90, 82%, 54%)  Lawn Green
#ea8a28  rgb(234, 138, 40)  hsl(30, 82%, 54%)  Cadmium Orange
#28ea8a  rgb(40, 234, 138)  hsl(150, 82%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green