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#960ED4

#960ed4 ≈ Dark Violet

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#960ed4 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 5.49% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.25% cyan, 93.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 281.21°, with 87.61% saturation and 44.31% 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 6.34:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 0.85.

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Web safe#9900cc
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Relative luminance0.1155

Complementary

  1. #960ed4
  2. #4cd40e

Split complementary

  1. #960ed4
  2. #afd40e
  3. #0ed433

Analogous

  1. #330ed4
  2. #960ed4
  3. #d40eaf

Triadic

  1. #960ed4
  2. #d4960e
  3. #0ed496

Tetradic

  1. #960ed4
  2. #d40e4c
  3. #4cd40e
  4. #0ed496

Square

  1. #960ed4
  2. #d4330e
  3. #4cd40e
  4. #0eafd4

Monochromatic

  1. #300544
  2. #63098c
  3. #960ed4
  4. #b93cf2
  5. #d384f7

Shades

#960ed4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #960ed4
  2. #870dbf
  3. #780baa
  4. #690a94
  5. #5a087f
  6. #4b076a
  7. #3c0655
  8. #2d0440
  9. #1e032a
  10. #0f0115
  11. #000000

Tints

#960ed4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #960ed4
  2. #a126d8
  3. #ab3edd
  4. #b656e1
  5. #c06ee5
  6. #cb87ea
  7. #d59fee
  8. #e0b7f2
  9. #eacff6
  10. #f5e7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#960ed4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #960ed4
  2. #9419cc
  3. #9225c3
  4. #8f30bb
  5. #8d3cb2
  6. #8b47aa
  7. #8952a2
  8. #875e99
  9. #846991
  10. #827588
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #5f5f5f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #794b9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #005bd9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0061d1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8d4f7d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4c48d7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a4dd2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #903ea7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-960ed4 {
  color: #960ed4;
}
Background
.bg-960ed4 {
  background-color: #960ed4;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-960ed4 {
  border: 2px solid #960ed4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #960ed4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 14 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 88% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-960ed4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #960ed4, #d40eaf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-960ed4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 14 212 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 0.85 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 3.61 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 3.68 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 5.41 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.69 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.46 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.36 #69f12b Inverted #5f5f5f Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#960ed4  rgb(150, 14, 212)  hsl(281, 88%, 44%)  Dark Violet
#4cd40e  rgb(76, 212, 14)  hsl(101, 88%, 44%)  Lime Green
#d4960e  rgb(212, 150, 14)  hsl(41, 88%, 44%)  Gamboge
#0ed496  rgb(14, 212, 150)  hsl(161, 88%, 44%)  Caribbean Green