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#8E28FA

#8e28fa ≈ Electric Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#8e28fa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 15.69% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.2% cyan, 84% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 269.14°, 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 5.48:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Violet (#8f00ff), ΔE 2.21.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1417

Complementary

  1. #8e28fa
  2. #94fa28

Split complementary

  1. #8e28fa
  2. #faf728
  3. #2bfa28

Analogous

  1. #282bfa
  2. #8e28fa
  3. #f728fa

Triadic

  1. #8e28fa
  2. #fa8e28
  3. #28fa8e

Tetradic

  1. #8e28fa
  2. #fa2894
  3. #94fa28
  4. #28fa8e

Square

  1. #8e28fa
  2. #fa282b
  3. #94fa28
  4. #28faf7

Monochromatic

  1. #430386
  2. #6805d1
  3. #8e28fa
  4. #b573fc
  5. #ddbefd

Shades

#8e28fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8e28fa
  2. #8024e1
  3. #7220c8
  4. #631caf
  5. #551896
  6. #47147d
  7. #391064
  8. #2b0c4b
  9. #1c0832
  10. #0e0419
  11. #000000

Tints

#8e28fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8e28fa
  2. #993efb
  3. #a553fb
  4. #b069fc
  5. #bb7efc
  6. #c794fd
  7. #d2a9fd
  8. #ddbffe
  9. #e8d4fe
  10. #f4eaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8e28fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8e28fa
  2. #8d31ee
  3. #8b3ae2
  4. #8a42d5
  5. #884bc9
  6. #8754bd
  7. #865db1
  8. #8466a5
  9. #836e98
  10. #81778c
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #696969 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a56b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0069ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0067f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #726896 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2f56fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3e54f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7e56c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8e28fa {
  color: #8e28fa;
}
Background
.bg-8e28fa {
  background-color: #8e28fa;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8e28fa {
  border: 2px solid #8e28fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8e28fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 40 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8e28fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8e28fa, #f728fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8e28fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 40 250 / 0.35);
}

#8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 2.21 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 2.55 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 3.06 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 5.73 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.39 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.40 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.52 #71d705 Inverted #696969 Grayscale 

Electric Violet
#8e28fa  rgb(142, 40, 250)  hsl(269, 95%, 57%)  Electric Violet
#94fa28  rgb(148, 250, 40)  hsl(89, 95%, 57%)  Lawn Green
#fa8e28  rgb(250, 142, 40)  hsl(29, 95%, 57%)  Dark Orange
#28fa8e  rgb(40, 250, 142)  hsl(149, 95%, 57%)  Medium Spring Green