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#970CEB

#970ceb ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#970ceb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 4.71% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.74% cyan, 94.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 277.4°, with 90.28% saturation and 48.43% 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 5.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 2.41.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1284

Complementary

  1. #970ceb
  2. #60eb0c

Split complementary

  1. #970ceb
  2. #cfeb0c
  3. #0ceb28

Analogous

  1. #280ceb
  2. #970ceb
  3. #eb0ccf

Triadic

  1. #970ceb
  2. #eb970c
  3. #0ceb97

Tetradic

  1. #970ceb
  2. #eb0c60
  3. #60eb0c
  4. #0ceb97

Square

  1. #970ceb
  2. #eb280c
  3. #60eb0c
  4. #0ccfeb

Monochromatic

  1. #390559
  2. #6808a2
  3. #970ceb
  4. #b74ef6
  5. #d496fa

Shades

#970ceb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #970ceb
  2. #880bd4
  3. #790abc
  4. #6a08a5
  5. #5b078d
  6. #4c0676
  7. #3c055e
  8. #2d0447
  9. #1e022f
  10. #0f0118
  11. #000000

Tints

#970ceb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #970ceb
  2. #a124ed
  3. #ac3def
  4. #b655f1
  5. #c16df3
  6. #cb86f5
  7. #d59ef7
  8. #e0b6f9
  9. #eacefb
  10. #f5e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#970ceb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #970ceb
  2. #9518e0
  3. #9223d6
  4. #902fcb
  5. #8e3ac0
  6. #8c46b6
  7. #8952ab
  8. #875da0
  9. #856995
  10. #82748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #646464 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c4fab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0061f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0064e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #865a8b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #414dee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #504fe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8d47b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-970ceb {
  color: #970ceb;
}
Background
.bg-970ceb {
  background-color: #970ceb;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-970ceb {
  border: 2px solid #970ceb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #970ceb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 12 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 277 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-970ceb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #970ceb, #eb0ccf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-970ceb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 12 235 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 2.41 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 2.59 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 2.81 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 3.47 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 4.76 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 5.99 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.64 #68f314 Inverted #646464 Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#970ceb  rgb(151, 12, 235)  hsl(277, 90%, 48%)  Blue Violet
#60eb0c  rgb(96, 235, 12)  hsl(97, 90%, 48%)  Lawn Green
#eb970c  rgb(235, 151, 12)  hsl(37, 90%, 48%)  Gamboge
#0ceb97  rgb(12, 235, 151)  hsl(157, 90%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green