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#900CEF

#900cef ≈ Electric Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#900cef is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.47% red, 4.71% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.75% cyan, 94.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 274.89°, with 90.44% saturation and 49.22% 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 6.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Violet (#8f00ff), ΔE 1.83.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1242

Complementary

  1. #900cef
  2. #6bef0c

Split complementary

  1. #900cef
  2. #ddef0c
  3. #0cef1f

Analogous

  1. #1f0cef
  2. #900cef
  3. #ef0cdd

Triadic

  1. #900cef
  2. #ef900c
  3. #0cef90

Tetradic

  1. #900cef
  2. #ef0c6b
  3. #6bef0c
  4. #0cef90

Square

  1. #900cef
  2. #ef1f0c
  3. #6bef0c
  4. #0cddef

Monochromatic

  1. #38055d
  2. #6408a6
  3. #900cef
  4. #b151f6
  5. #d29afa

Shades

#900cef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #900cef
  2. #820bd7
  3. #730abf
  4. #6508a7
  5. #56078f
  6. #480678
  7. #3a0560
  8. #2b0448
  9. #1d0230
  10. #0e0118
  11. #000000

Tints

#900cef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #900cef
  2. #9b24f1
  3. #a63df2
  4. #b155f4
  5. #bc6df5
  6. #c886f7
  7. #d39ef9
  8. #deb6fa
  9. #e9cefc
  10. #f4e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#900cef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #900cef
  2. #8e18e4
  3. #8d23d9
  4. #8b2fce
  5. #8a3ac3
  6. #8846b8
  7. #8652ac
  8. #855da1
  9. #836996
  10. #82748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #636363 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #774ead ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0061f4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0062eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7a5d8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #334df2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #434ded ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8449bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-900cef {
  color: #900cef;
}
Background
.bg-900cef {
  background-color: #900cef;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-900cef {
  border: 2px solid #900cef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #900cef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 144 12 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 90% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-900cef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #900cef, #ef0cdd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-900cef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(144 12 239 / 0.35);
}

#8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 1.83 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 2.26 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.18 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 3.87 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 4.79 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.65 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 7.61 #6ff310 Inverted #636363 Grayscale 

Electric Violet
#900cef  rgb(144, 12, 239)  hsl(275, 90%, 49%)  Electric Violet
#6bef0c  rgb(107, 239, 12)  hsl(95, 90%, 49%)  Lawn Green
#ef900c  rgb(239, 144, 12)  hsl(35, 90%, 49%)  Carrot Orange
#0cef90  rgb(12, 239, 144)  hsl(155, 90%, 49%)  Medium Spring Green