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#8A33DB

#8a33db ≈ Blue Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a33db is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 20% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.99% cyan, 76.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 271.07°, with 70% saturation and 52.94% 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 5.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Blue Violet (#8a2be2), ΔE 1.23.

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Web safe#9933cc
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Relative luminance0.1289

Complementary

  1. #8a33db
  2. #84db33

Split complementary

  1. #8a33db
  2. #d8db33
  3. #33db36

Analogous

  1. #3633db
  2. #8a33db
  3. #db33d8

Triadic

  1. #8a33db
  2. #db8a33
  3. #33db8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a33db
  2. #db3384
  3. #84db33
  4. #33db8a

Square

  1. #8a33db
  2. #db3633
  3. #84db33
  4. #33d8db

Monochromatic

  1. #3c1263
  2. #631da4
  3. #8a33db
  4. #af74e6
  5. #d5b5f2

Shades

#8a33db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a33db
  2. #7c2ec5
  3. #6e29af
  4. #612499
  5. #531f83
  6. #451a6e
  7. #371458
  8. #290f42
  9. #1c0a2c
  10. #0e0516
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a33db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a33db
  2. #9647df
  3. #a15ce2
  4. #ad70e6
  5. #b985e9
  6. #c599ed
  7. #d0adf1
  8. #dcc2f4
  9. #e8d6f8
  10. #f3ebfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a33db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a33db
  2. #893bd2
  3. #8842c9
  4. #874ac0
  5. #8652b7
  6. #855aae
  7. #8461a4
  8. #83699b
  9. #827192
  10. #817889
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #656565 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7555a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0063e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0064d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #795f86 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4554de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f54d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8051af ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a33db {
  color: #8a33db;
}
Background
.bg-8a33db {
  background-color: #8a33db;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8a33db {
  border: 2px solid #8a33db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a33db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 51 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 70% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a33db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a33db, #db33d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a33db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 51 219 / 0.35);
}

#8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 1.23 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 3.64 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 4.40 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 4.63 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.05 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 6.75 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.67 #75cc24 Inverted #656565 Grayscale 

Blue Violet
#8a33db  rgb(138, 51, 219)  hsl(271, 70%, 53%)  Blue Violet
#84db33  rgb(132, 219, 51)  hsl(91, 70%, 53%)  Yellow Green
#db8a33  rgb(219, 138, 51)  hsl(31, 70%, 53%)  Peru
#33db8a  rgb(51, 219, 138)  hsl(151, 70%, 53%)  Emerald