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#9609CA

#9609ca ≈ Dark Violet

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#9609ca is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 3.53% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.74% cyan, 95.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 283.83°, with 91.47% saturation and 41.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. 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 6.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 1.33.

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Web safe#9900cc
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Relative luminance0.1094

Complementary

  1. #9609ca
  2. #3dca09

Split complementary

  1. #9609ca
  2. #9eca09
  3. #09ca35

Analogous

  1. #3509ca
  2. #9609ca
  3. #ca099e

Triadic

  1. #9609ca
  2. #ca9609
  3. #09ca96

Tetradic

  1. #9609ca
  2. #ca093d
  3. #3dca09
  4. #09ca96

Square

  1. #9609ca
  2. #ca3509
  3. #3dca09
  4. #099eca

Monochromatic

  1. #290238
  2. #600681
  3. #9609ca
  4. #bf2af6
  5. #d573f9

Shades

#9609ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9609ca
  2. #8708b6
  3. #7807a2
  4. #69068d
  5. #5a0579
  6. #4b0565
  7. #3c0451
  8. #2d033d
  9. #1e0228
  10. #0f0114
  11. #000000

Tints

#9609ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9609ca
  2. #a122cf
  3. #ab3ad5
  4. #b653da
  5. #c06bdf
  6. #cb84e5
  7. #d59dea
  8. #e0b5ef
  9. #eacef4
  10. #f5e6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9609ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9609ca
  2. #9415c3
  3. #9221bb
  4. #8f2db4
  5. #8d39ac
  6. #8b45a5
  7. #89509e
  8. #875c96
  9. #84688f
  10. #827487
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #5d5d5d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #784995 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0057ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005fc7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #904977 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4f44cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d4bc8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #92399f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9609ca {
  color: #9609ca;
}
Background
.bg-9609ca {
  background-color: #9609ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-9609ca {
  border: 2px solid #9609ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9609ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 9 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9609ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9609ca, #ca099e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9609ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 9 202 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 1.33 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 4.06 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 4.90 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.83 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.09 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.49 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 9.46 #69f635 Inverted #5d5d5d Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#9609ca  rgb(150, 9, 202)  hsl(284, 91%, 41%)  Dark Violet
#3dca09  rgb(61, 202, 9)  hsl(104, 91%, 41%)  Lime Green
#ca9609  rgb(202, 150, 9)  hsl(44, 91%, 41%)  Goldenrod
#09ca96  rgb(9, 202, 150)  hsl(164, 91%, 41%)  Caribbean Green