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#990ED8

#990ed8 ≈ Dark Violet

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#990ed8 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 5.49% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.17% cyan, 93.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 281.29°, with 87.83% saturation and 45.1% 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 6.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Violet (#9400d3), ΔE 1.51.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9900cc
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Relative luminance0.1204

Complementary

  1. #990ed8
  2. #4dd80e

Split complementary

  1. #990ed8
  2. #b2d80e
  3. #0ed834

Analogous

  1. #340ed8
  2. #990ed8
  3. #d80eb2

Triadic

  1. #990ed8
  2. #d8990e
  3. #0ed899

Tetradic

  1. #990ed8
  2. #d80e4d
  3. #4dd80e
  4. #0ed899

Square

  1. #990ed8
  2. #d8340e
  3. #4dd80e
  4. #0eb2d8

Monochromatic

  1. #330548
  2. #660990
  3. #990ed8
  4. #bb40f3
  5. #d488f7

Shades

#990ed8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #990ed8
  2. #8a0dc2
  3. #7a0bad
  4. #6b0a97
  5. #5c0882
  6. #4d076c
  7. #3d0656
  8. #2e0441
  9. #1f032b
  10. #0f0116
  11. #000000

Tints

#990ed8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #990ed8
  2. #a326dc
  3. #ad3ee0
  4. #b856e4
  5. #c26ee8
  6. #cc87ec
  7. #d69fef
  8. #e0b7f3
  9. #ebcff7
  10. #f5e7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#990ed8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #990ed8
  2. #9719cf
  3. #9425c6
  4. #9230be
  5. #8f3cb5
  6. #8d47ac
  7. #8a52a3
  8. #885e9a
  9. #856992
  10. #837589
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #616161 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b4d9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #005cdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0063d4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #90507f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4d49db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c4ed6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #933faa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-990ed8 {
  color: #990ed8;
}
Background
.bg-990ed8 {
  background-color: #990ed8;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-990ed8 {
  border: 2px solid #990ed8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #990ed8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 14 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 88% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-990ed8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #990ed8, #d80eb2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-990ed8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 14 216 / 0.35);
}

#9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 1.51 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 3.39 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 3.43 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 5.01 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.03 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.50 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.61 #66f127 Inverted #616161 Grayscale 

Dark Violet
#990ed8  rgb(153, 14, 216)  hsl(281, 88%, 45%)  Dark Violet
#4dd80e  rgb(77, 216, 14)  hsl(101, 88%, 45%)  Lime Green
#d8990e  rgb(216, 153, 14)  hsl(41, 88%, 45%)  Gamboge
#0ed899  rgb(14, 216, 153)  hsl(161, 88%, 45%)  Caribbean Green