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#960EC6

#960ec6 ≈ Dark Violet

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#960ec6 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 5.49% green and 77.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.24% cyan, 92.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 284.35°, with 86.79% saturation and 41.57% 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 6.61:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 1.88.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9900cc
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Relative luminance0.1088

Complementary

  1. #960ec6
  2. #3ec60e

Split complementary

  1. #960ec6
  2. #9ac60e
  3. #0ec63a

Analogous

  1. #3a0ec6
  2. #960ec6
  3. #c60e9a

Triadic

  1. #960ec6
  2. #c6960e
  3. #0ec696

Tetradic

  1. #960ec6
  2. #c60e3e
  3. #3ec60e
  4. #0ec696

Square

  1. #960ec6
  2. #c63a0e
  3. #3ec60e
  4. #0e9ac6

Monochromatic

  1. #2a0437
  2. #60097f
  3. #960ec6
  4. #be30f0
  5. #d578f5

Shades

#960ec6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #960ec6
  2. #870db2
  3. #780b9e
  4. #690a8b
  5. #5a0877
  6. #4b0763
  7. #3c064f
  8. #2d043b
  9. #1e0328
  10. #0f0114
  11. #000000

Tints

#960ec6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #960ec6
  2. #a126cc
  3. #ab3ed1
  4. #b656d7
  5. #c06edd
  6. #cb87e3
  7. #d59fe8
  8. #e0b7ee
  9. #eacff4
  10. #f5e7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#960ec6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #960ec6
  2. #9419bf
  3. #9225b8
  4. #8f30b1
  5. #8d3caa
  6. #8b47a3
  7. #89529c
  8. #875e95
  9. #84698e
  10. #827587
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #5d5d5d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #784993 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0057ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005fc3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #914774 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5144c9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f4bc4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #93389c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-960ec6 {
  color: #960ec6;
}
Background
.bg-960ec6 {
  background-color: #960ec6;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-960ec6 {
  border: 2px solid #960ec6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #960ec6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 14 198;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 87% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-960ec6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #960ec6, #c60e9a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-960ec6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 14 198 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 1.88 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 4.03 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.29 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 7.35 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.55 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.98 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 9.19 #69f139 Inverted #5d5d5d Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#960ec6  rgb(150, 14, 198)  hsl(284, 87%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#3ec60e  rgb(62, 198, 14)  hsl(104, 87%, 42%)  Lime Green
#c6960e  rgb(198, 150, 14)  hsl(44, 87%, 42%)  Goldenrod
#0ec696  rgb(14, 198, 150)  hsl(164, 87%, 42%)  Caribbean Green