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#8428FA

#8428fa ≈ Electric Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#8428fa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.76% red, 15.69% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.2% cyan, 84% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 266.29°, with 95.45% saturation and 56.86% 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 5.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Violet (#8f00ff), ΔE 2.19.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1333

Complementary

  1. #8428fa
  2. #9efa28

Split complementary

  1. #8428fa
  2. #faed28
  3. #35fa28

Analogous

  1. #2835fa
  2. #8428fa
  3. #ed28fa

Triadic

  1. #8428fa
  2. #fa8428
  3. #28fa84

Tetradic

  1. #8428fa
  2. #fa289e
  3. #9efa28
  4. #28fa84

Square

  1. #8428fa
  2. #fa2835
  3. #9efa28
  4. #28faed

Monochromatic

  1. #3c0386
  2. #5e05d1
  3. #8428fa
  4. #af73fc
  5. #dabefd

Shades

#8428fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8428fa
  2. #7724e1
  3. #6a20c8
  4. #5c1caf
  5. #4f1896
  6. #42147d
  7. #351064
  8. #280c4b
  9. #1a0832
  10. #0d0419
  11. #000000

Tints

#8428fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8428fa
  2. #903efb
  3. #9d53fb
  4. #a969fc
  5. #b57efc
  6. #c294fd
  7. #cea9fd
  8. #dabffe
  9. #e6d4fe
  10. #f3eaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8428fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8428fa
  2. #8431ee
  3. #833ae2
  4. #8342d5
  5. #824bc9
  6. #8254bd
  7. #825db1
  8. #8166a5
  9. #816e98
  10. #80778c
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #666666 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7354b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0068ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0063f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #606a96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #1855fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2a51f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7056c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8428fa {
  color: #8428fa;
}
Background
.bg-8428fa {
  background-color: #8428fa;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8428fa {
  border: 2px solid #8428fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8428fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 132 40 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8428fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8428fa, #ed28fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8428fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(132 40 250 / 0.35);
}

#8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 2.19 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 3.03 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.76 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 4.40 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.48 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.82 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.08 #7bd705 Inverted #666666 Grayscale 

Electric Violet
#8428fa  rgb(132, 40, 250)  hsl(266, 95%, 57%)  Electric Violet
#9efa28  rgb(158, 250, 40)  hsl(86, 95%, 57%)  Green Yellow
#fa8428  rgb(250, 132, 40)  hsl(26, 95%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#28fa84  rgb(40, 250, 132)  hsl(146, 95%, 57%)  Spring Green