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#8A2ADA

#8a2ada ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a2ada is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 16.47% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.7% cyan, 80.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 272.73°, with 70.4% saturation and 50.98% 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 brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 1.12.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9933cc
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Relative luminance0.1212

Complementary

  1. #8a2ada
  2. #7ada2a

Split complementary

  1. #8a2ada
  2. #d2da2a
  3. #2ada32

Analogous

  1. #322ada
  2. #8a2ada
  3. #da2ad2

Triadic

  1. #8a2ada
  2. #da8a2a
  3. #2ada8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a2ada
  2. #da2a7a
  3. #7ada2a
  4. #2ada8a

Square

  1. #8a2ada
  2. #da322a
  3. #7ada2a
  4. #2ad2da

Monochromatic

  1. #39105b
  2. #621b9c
  3. #8a2ada
  4. #ae6be5
  5. #d2acf1

Shades

#8a2ada mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a2ada
  2. #7c26c4
  3. #6e22ae
  4. #611d99
  5. #531983
  6. #45156d
  7. #371157
  8. #290d41
  9. #1c082c
  10. #0e0416
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a2ada mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a2ada
  2. #963fde
  3. #a155e1
  4. #ad6ae5
  5. #b97fe9
  6. #c595ed
  7. #d0aaf0
  8. #dcbff4
  9. #e8d4f8
  10. #f3eafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a2ada mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a2ada
  2. #8933d1
  3. #883bc8
  4. #8744bf
  5. #864cb6
  6. #8555ad
  7. #845ea4
  8. #83669b
  9. #826f92
  10. #817789
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #626262 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7451a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0060df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0061d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #795b84 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4150dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d51d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #804cad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a2ada {
  color: #8a2ada;
}
Background
.bg-8a2ada {
  background-color: #8a2ada;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8a2ada {
  border: 2px solid #8a2ada;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a2ada;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 42 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 70% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a2ada {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a2ada, #da2ad2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a2ada {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 42 218 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 1.12 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 3.24 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 3.85 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 4.35 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.12 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 6.15 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 8.22 #75d525 Inverted #626262 Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#8a2ada  rgb(138, 42, 218)  hsl(273, 70%, 51%)  Blue Violet
#7ada2a  rgb(122, 218, 42)  hsl(93, 70%, 51%)  Yellow Green
#da8a2a  rgb(218, 138, 42)  hsl(33, 70%, 51%)  Fulvous
#2ada8a  rgb(42, 218, 138)  hsl(153, 70%, 51%)  Emerald