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#970ECA

#970eca ≈ Dark Violet

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#970eca is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 5.49% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.25% cyan, 93.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 283.72°, with 87.04% saturation and 42.35% 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 6.5:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 1.49.

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Web safe#9900cc
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Relative luminance0.1116

Complementary

  1. #970eca
  2. #41ca0e

Split complementary

  1. #970eca
  2. #9fca0e
  3. #0eca39

Analogous

  1. #390eca
  2. #970eca
  3. #ca0e9f

Triadic

  1. #970eca
  2. #ca970e
  3. #0eca97

Tetradic

  1. #970eca
  2. #ca0e41
  3. #41ca0e
  4. #0eca97

Square

  1. #970eca
  2. #ca390e
  3. #41ca0e
  4. #0e9fca

Monochromatic

  1. #2c043b
  2. #620982
  3. #970eca
  4. #be34f1
  5. #d57bf6

Shades

#970eca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #970eca
  2. #880db6
  3. #790ba2
  4. #6a0a8d
  5. #5b0879
  6. #4c0765
  7. #3c0651
  8. #2d043d
  9. #1e0328
  10. #0f0114
  11. #000000

Tints

#970eca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #970eca
  2. #a126cf
  3. #ac3ed5
  4. #b656da
  5. #c16edf
  6. #cb87e5
  7. #d59fea
  8. #e0b7ef
  9. #eacff4
  10. #f5e7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#970eca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #970eca
  2. #9519c3
  3. #9225bb
  4. #9030b4
  5. #8e3cac
  6. #8c47a5
  7. #89529e
  8. #875e96
  9. #85698f
  10. #827587
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #5e5e5e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #794a96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0058ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0060c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #914977 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5145cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f4cc8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #933a9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-970eca {
  color: #970eca;
}
Background
.bg-970eca {
  background-color: #970eca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-970eca {
  border: 2px solid #970eca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #970eca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 14 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 87% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-970eca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #970eca, #ca0e9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-970eca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 14 202 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 1.49 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 3.74 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 4.83 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.82 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.97 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.63 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 9.54 #68f135 Inverted #5e5e5e Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#970eca  rgb(151, 14, 202)  hsl(284, 87%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#41ca0e  rgb(65, 202, 14)  hsl(104, 87%, 42%)  Lime Green
#ca970e  rgb(202, 151, 14)  hsl(44, 87%, 42%)  Goldenrod
#0eca97  rgb(14, 202, 151)  hsl(164, 87%, 42%)  Caribbean Green