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#9808EA

#9808ea ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#9808ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 3.14% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.04% cyan, 96.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 278.23°, with 93.39% saturation and 47.45% 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 5.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 2.55.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1279

Complementary

  1. #9808ea
  2. #5aea08

Split complementary

  1. #9808ea
  2. #cbea08
  3. #08ea27

Analogous

  1. #2708ea
  2. #9808ea
  3. #ea08cb

Triadic

  1. #9808ea
  2. #ea9808
  3. #08ea98

Tetradic

  1. #9808ea
  2. #ea085a
  3. #5aea08
  4. #08ea98

Square

  1. #9808ea
  2. #ea2708
  3. #5aea08
  4. #08cbea

Monochromatic

  1. #380356
  2. #6805a0
  3. #9808ea
  4. #b846f9
  5. #d490fb

Shades

#9808ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9808ea
  2. #8907d3
  3. #7a06bb
  4. #6a06a4
  5. #5b058c
  6. #4c0475
  7. #3d035e
  8. #2e0246
  9. #1e022f
  10. #0f0117
  11. #000000

Tints

#9808ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9808ea
  2. #a221ec
  3. #ad39ee
  4. #b752f0
  5. #c16bf2
  6. #cc84f5
  7. #d69cf7
  8. #e0b5f9
  9. #eacefb
  10. #f5e6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9808ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9808ea
  2. #9614df
  3. #9320d5
  4. #912cca
  5. #8e38c0
  6. #8c44b5
  7. #8a50aa
  8. #875ca0
  9. #856895
  10. #82748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #646464 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c4fab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0061ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0064e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #88598a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #424ced ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #524fe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8f46b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9808ea {
  color: #9808ea;
}
Background
.bg-9808ea {
  background-color: #9808ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-9808ea {
  border: 2px solid #9808ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9808ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 8 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 93% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9808ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9808ea, #ea08cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9808ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 8 234 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 2.55 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 2.78 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 2.92 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 3.30 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 4.68 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 6.13 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.63 #67f715 Inverted #646464 Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#9808ea  rgb(152, 8, 234)  hsl(278, 93%, 47%)  Blue Violet
#5aea08  rgb(90, 234, 8)  hsl(98, 93%, 47%)  Harlequin
#ea9808  rgb(234, 152, 8)  hsl(38, 93%, 47%)  Gamboge
#08ea98  rgb(8, 234, 152)  hsl(158, 93%, 47%)  Medium Spring Green