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#970DEC

#970dec ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#970dec is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 5.1% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.02% cyan, 94.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 277.13°, with 89.56% saturation and 48.82% 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 5.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 2.41.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1292

Complementary

  1. #970dec
  2. #62ec0d

Split complementary

  1. #970dec
  2. #d1ec0d
  3. #0dec27

Analogous

  1. #270dec
  2. #970dec
  3. #ec0dd1

Triadic

  1. #970dec
  2. #ec970d
  3. #0dec97

Tetradic

  1. #970dec
  2. #ec0d62
  3. #62ec0d
  4. #0dec97

Square

  1. #970dec
  2. #ec270d
  3. #62ec0d
  4. #0dd1ec

Monochromatic

  1. #3a055b
  2. #6909a3
  3. #970dec
  4. #b650f5
  5. #d499f9

Shades

#970dec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #970dec
  2. #880cd4
  3. #790abd
  4. #6a09a5
  5. #5b088e
  6. #4c0776
  7. #3c055e
  8. #2d0447
  9. #1e032f
  10. #0f0118
  11. #000000

Tints

#970dec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #970dec
  2. #a125ee
  3. #ac3df0
  4. #b656f2
  5. #c16ef4
  6. #cb86f6
  7. #d59ef7
  8. #e0b6f9
  9. #eacffb
  10. #f5e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#970dec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #970dec
  2. #9519e1
  3. #9224d6
  4. #9030cc
  5. #8e3bc1
  6. #8c47b6
  7. #8952ab
  8. #875ea0
  9. #856996
  10. #82758b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #656565 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c4fac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0062f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0065e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #865a8b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #404def ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #504fea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8d47ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-970dec {
  color: #970dec;
}
Background
.bg-970dec {
  background-color: #970dec;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-970dec {
  border: 2px solid #970dec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #970dec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 13 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 277 90% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-970dec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #970dec, #ec0dd1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-970dec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 13 236 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 2.41 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 2.48 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 2.68 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 3.62 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 4.82 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 5.98 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.55 #68f213 Inverted #656565 Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#970dec  rgb(151, 13, 236)  hsl(277, 90%, 49%)  Blue Violet
#62ec0d  rgb(98, 236, 13)  hsl(97, 90%, 49%)  Lawn Green
#ec970d  rgb(236, 151, 13)  hsl(37, 90%, 49%)  Gamboge
#0dec97  rgb(13, 236, 151)  hsl(157, 90%, 49%)  Medium Spring Green