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#8E21EB

#8e21eb ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#8e21eb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 12.94% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.57% cyan, 85.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 272.38°, with 83.47% saturation and 52.55% 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 5.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 1.26.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1284

Complementary

  1. #8e21eb
  2. #7eeb21

Split complementary

  1. #8e21eb
  2. #e3eb21
  3. #21eb29

Analogous

  1. #2921eb
  2. #8e21eb
  3. #eb21e3

Triadic

  1. #8e21eb
  2. #eb8e21
  3. #21eb8e

Tetradic

  1. #8e21eb
  2. #eb217e
  3. #7eeb21
  4. #21eb8e

Square

  1. #8e21eb
  2. #eb2921
  3. #7eeb21
  4. #21e3eb

Monochromatic

  1. #3d0a69
  2. #6610b0
  3. #8e21eb
  4. #b267f1
  5. #d5adf8

Shades

#8e21eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8e21eb
  2. #801ed4
  3. #721abc
  4. #6317a5
  5. #55148d
  6. #471176
  7. #390d5e
  8. #2b0a47
  9. #1c072f
  10. #0e0318
  11. #000000

Tints

#8e21eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8e21eb
  2. #9937ed
  3. #a54def
  4. #b064f1
  5. #bb7af3
  6. #c790f5
  7. #d2a6f7
  8. #ddbcf9
  9. #e8d3fb
  10. #f4e9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8e21eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8e21eb
  2. #8d2be0
  3. #8b34d6
  4. #8a3ecb
  5. #8847c0
  6. #8751b6
  7. #865aab
  8. #8464a0
  9. #836d95
  10. #81778b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #646464 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7751ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0063f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0063e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #795f8c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3951ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4651e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #824eba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8e21eb {
  color: #8e21eb;
}
Background
.bg-8e21eb {
  background-color: #8e21eb;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8e21eb {
  border: 2px solid #8e21eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8e21eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 33 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 83% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8e21eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8e21eb, #eb21e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8e21eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 33 235 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 1.26 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 2.32 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.25 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 4.16 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.01 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 5.26 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 7.85 #71de14 Inverted #646464 Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#8e21eb  rgb(142, 33, 235)  hsl(272, 83%, 53%)  Blue Violet
#7eeb21  rgb(126, 235, 33)  hsl(92, 83%, 53%)  Lawn Green
#eb8e21  rgb(235, 142, 33)  hsl(32, 83%, 53%)  Carrot Orange
#21eb8e  rgb(33, 235, 142)  hsl(152, 83%, 53%)  Medium Spring Green