#8300E2

A medium, vivid purple closely aligning with Blueviolet.

About #8300E2

The hex code #8300E2 represents a beautifully specific shade of purple. Designers often compare it to the standard color Blueviolet. Its digital footprint relies on 131 parts red, 0 parts green, and 226 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 42% cyan and 100% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 274.8° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 44.3% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8300E2
RGB131, 0, 226
HSL274.8°, 100.0%, 44.3%
CMYK42%, 100%, 0%, 11%
HSV274.8°, 100.0%, 88.6%
LAB38.4, 77.5, -81.0
XYZ23.1, 10.3, 72.7
Decimal8585442

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.86:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.06:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
6.55:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.60:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8300E2; }
.text-color { color: #8300E2; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #8300E2; }

Similar Colors

Blueviolet
#8A2BE2