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#940EFB

#940efb ≈ Electric Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#940efb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.04% red, 5.49% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.04% cyan, 94.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 273.92°, with 96.73% saturation and 51.96% 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 5.65:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Violet (#8f00ff), ΔE 1.05.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1358

Complementary

  1. #940efb
  2. #75fb0e

Split complementary

  1. #940efb
  2. #ecfb0e
  3. #0efb1d

Analogous

  1. #1d0efb
  2. #940efb
  3. #fb0eec

Triadic

  1. #940efb
  2. #fb940e
  3. #0efb94

Tetradic

  1. #940efb
  2. #fb0e75
  3. #75fb0e
  4. #0efb94

Square

  1. #940efb
  2. #fb1d0e
  3. #75fb0e
  4. #0eecfb

Monochromatic

  1. #3f026e
  2. #6a03b9
  3. #940efb
  4. #b559fc
  5. #d7a5fd

Shades

#940efb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #940efb
  2. #850de2
  3. #760bc9
  4. #680ab0
  5. #590897
  6. #4a077e
  7. #3b0664
  8. #2c044b
  9. #1e0332
  10. #0f0119
  11. #000000

Tints

#940efb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #940efb
  2. #9f26fb
  3. #a93efc
  4. #b456fc
  5. #bf6efd
  6. #ca87fd
  7. #d49ffd
  8. #dfb7fe
  9. #eacffe
  10. #f4e7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#940efb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #940efb
  2. #9219ef
  3. #9025e2
  4. #8e30d6
  5. #8c3cca
  6. #8a47be
  7. #8852b1
  8. #865ea5
  9. #846999
  10. #82758c
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #676767 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c51b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0066ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0066f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7b6294 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3051fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4250f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #864ec6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-940efb {
  color: #940efb;
}
Background
.bg-940efb {
  background-color: #940efb;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-940efb {
  border: 2px solid #940efb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #940efb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 148 14 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 97% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-940efb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #940efb, #fb0eec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-940efb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(148 14 251 / 0.35);
}

#8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 1.05 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 1.70 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 3.17 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 5.39 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 5.44 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.30 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.33 #6bf104 Inverted #676767 Grayscale 

Electric Violet
#940efb  rgb(148, 14, 251)  hsl(274, 97%, 52%)  Electric Violet
#75fb0e  rgb(117, 251, 14)  hsl(94, 97%, 52%)  Lawn Green
#fb940e  rgb(251, 148, 14)  hsl(34, 97%, 52%)  Carrot Orange
#0efb94  rgb(14, 251, 148)  hsl(154, 97%, 52%)  Medium Spring Green