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Violet #EE82EE

#EE82EE · rgb(238, 130, 238)

Violet is the color #EE82EE. In RGB it is rgb(238, 130, 238) — 93% red, 51% green and 93% blue. Its CMYK breakdown is 0% cyan, 45% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black, and in HSL it sits at 300° hue, 76% saturation and 72% lightness. Violet is one of the 140 standard CSS / HTML color names, so color: violet works in CSS. The closest web-safe color is #FF99FF.

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Violet color codes

Hex#EE82EE
RGBrgb(238, 130, 238)
RGB %93%, 51%, 93%
HSLhsl(300, 76%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300, 45%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 45%, 0%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(76% 0.186 327)
Closest web-safe#FF99FF

Contrast

Contrast ratio of Violet against white and black text (WCAG 2.1 needs 4.5:1 for body text).

White text — 2.32:1 Black text — 9.06:1

Shades, tints & tones

Shades — toward black
Tints — toward white
Tones — toward gray

Color harmonies

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