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#9705CA

#9705ca ≈ Dark Violet

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#9705ca is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 1.96% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.25% cyan, 97.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 284.47°, with 95.17% saturation and 40.59% 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 6.58:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 1.4.

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Web safe#9900cc
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Relative luminance0.1095

Complementary

  1. #9705ca
  2. #38ca05

Split complementary

  1. #9705ca
  2. #9aca05
  3. #05ca35

Analogous

  1. #3505ca
  2. #9705ca
  3. #ca059a

Triadic

  1. #9705ca
  2. #ca9705
  3. #05ca97

Tetradic

  1. #9705ca
  2. #ca0538
  3. #38ca05
  4. #05ca97

Square

  1. #9705ca
  2. #ca3505
  3. #38ca05
  4. #059aca

Monochromatic

  1. #270135
  2. #5f037f
  3. #9705ca
  4. #c222fa
  5. #d66dfb

Shades

#9705ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9705ca
  2. #8805b6
  3. #7904a2
  4. #6a048d
  5. #5b0379
  6. #4c0365
  7. #3c0251
  8. #2d023d
  9. #1e0128
  10. #0f0114
  11. #000000

Tints

#9705ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9705ca
  2. #a11ecf
  3. #ac37d5
  4. #b650da
  5. #c169df
  6. #cb82e5
  7. #d59bea
  8. #e0b4ef
  9. #eacdf4
  10. #f5e6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9705ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9705ca
  2. #9511c3
  3. #921ebb
  4. #902ab4
  5. #8e36ac
  6. #8c43a5
  7. #894f9e
  8. #875b96
  9. #85678f
  10. #827487
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.58:1 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 #0060c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #914876 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5044cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e4bc8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #93389f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9705ca {
  color: #9705ca;
}
Background
.bg-9705ca {
  background-color: #9705ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-9705ca {
  border: 2px solid #9705ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9705ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 5 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 95% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9705ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9705ca, #ca059a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9705ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 5 202 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 1.40 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 4.11 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.02 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.89 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.12 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.59 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 9.58 #68fa35 Inverted #5d5d5d Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#9705ca  rgb(151, 5, 202)  hsl(284, 95%, 41%)  Dark Violet
#38ca05  rgb(56, 202, 5)  hsl(104, 95%, 41%)  Lime Green
#ca9705  rgb(202, 151, 5)  hsl(44, 95%, 41%)  Goldenrod
#05ca97  rgb(5, 202, 151)  hsl(164, 95%, 41%)  Caribbean Green