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#974AFA

#974afa ≈ Vivid Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#974afa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 29.02% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.6% cyan, 70.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 266.25°, with 94.62% saturation and 63.53% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Vivid Violet (#9f00ff), ΔE 6.73.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1838

Complementary

  1. #974afa
  2. #adfa4a

Split complementary

  1. #974afa
  2. #faef4a
  3. #55fa4a

Analogous

  1. #4a55fa
  2. #974afa
  3. #ef4afa

Triadic

  1. #974afa
  2. #fa974a
  3. #4afa97

Tetradic

  1. #974afa
  2. #fa4aad
  3. #adfa4a
  4. #4afa97

Square

  1. #974afa
  2. #fa4a55
  3. #adfa4a
  4. #4afaef

Monochromatic

  1. #4b05a6
  2. #6d07f1
  3. #974afa
  4. #c294fc
  5. #eddffe

Shades

#974afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #974afa
  2. #8843e1
  3. #793bc8
  4. #6a34af
  5. #5b2c96
  6. #4c257d
  7. #3c1e64
  8. #2d164b
  9. #1e0f32
  10. #0f0719
  11. #000000

Tints

#974afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #974afa
  2. #a15cfb
  3. #ac6efb
  4. #b680fc
  5. #c192fc
  6. #cba5fd
  7. #d5b7fd
  8. #e0c9fe
  9. #eadbfe
  10. #f5edff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#974afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #974afa
  2. #954fee
  3. #9255e2
  4. #905ad5
  5. #8e60c9
  6. #8c65bd
  7. #896ab1
  8. #8770a5
  9. #857598
  10. #827b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8568ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0077ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7f769d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4f68fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5866f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8967c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-974afa {
  color: #974afa;
}
Background
.bg-974afa {
  background-color: #974afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-974afa {
  border: 2px solid #974afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #974afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 74 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 95% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-974afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #974afa, #ef4afa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-974afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 74 250 / 0.35);
}

#9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.73 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.90 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 7.70 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.04 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.12 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.47 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.95 #68b505 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Vivid Violet
#974afa  rgb(151, 74, 250)  hsl(266, 95%, 64%)  Vivid Violet
#adfa4a  rgb(173, 250, 74)  hsl(86, 95%, 64%)  Green Yellow
#fa974a  rgb(250, 151, 74)  hsl(26, 95%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#4afa97  rgb(74, 250, 151)  hsl(146, 95%, 64%)  Medium Spring Green