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#ee82ee

Violet Color

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Named after the violet flower, and the shortest-wavelength color visible to the human eye.

Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-400 #ed6aff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ee82ee

RGB

rgb(238, 130, 238)

HSL

hsl(300, 76.1%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 45.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(69.7, 56.36, -36.81)

LCH

lch(69.7, 67.32, 326.85)

OKLCH

oklch(76.2%, 0.1862, 327.21)

HWB

hwb(300, 51%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82ee82

Analogous

#b882ee

#ee82ee

#ee82b8

Triadic

#ee82ee

#eeee82

#82eeee

Split-complementary

#ee82ee

#b8ee82

#82eeb8

Tetradic

#ee82ee

#ee8282

#82ee82

#82eeee

Square

#ee82ee

#eeb882

#82ee82

#82b8ee

Shades

Violet Color mixed toward black.

#e74ce7

#d81dd8

#a216a2

#6c0f6c

#360736

Tints

Violet Color mixed toward white.

#f197f1

#f4acf4

#f7c1f7

#f9d5f9

#fceafc

Tones

Violet Color mixed toward gray.

#e58be5

#dc94dc

#d39dd3

#caa6ca

#c1afc1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c8da · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#ced5d5 · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#eac9c4 · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 27

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ee82ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ee82ee]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Orchid #da70d6

Frequently asked questions

Violet (#ee82ee) is rgb(238, 130, 238) in RGB.

No, #ee82ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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