#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.