Violet

Hex #EE82EE, rgb(238 130 238). A purple CSS named color.

Violet#EE82EE

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About Violet

Violet is a light saturated purple with the hex code #EE82EE. In RGB it is made of 238 red, 130 green and 238 blue; in HSL its hue is 300°, with 76% saturation and 72% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 76.2%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "violet" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 2.32:1 and against black 9.06:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Violet mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

Tints (with white)

Shades (with black)

Tones (with gray)

Violet 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Violet

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Square

Monochromatic

Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Violet with white and black. The readable text color on Violet is black.

Violet textSmall text on white

On white2.32:1

AA fail
AA Large fail
AAA fail
UI 3:1 fail

APCA Lc 45

Violet textSmall text on black

On black9.06:1

AA pass
AA Large pass
AAA pass
UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -57

Black text on Violet (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Violet appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

Protanopia#79A1F2
Deuteranopia#97AFEB
Tritanopia#F48DAD
Protanomaly#A49CF0
Deuteranomaly#AFA5EC
Tritanomaly#F287D3
Achromatopsia#AAAAAA

Colors similar to Violet

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Violet in CSS and Tailwind

CSS

.violet {
  color: violet; /* #EE82EE */
  background-color: rgb(238 130 238);
  border-color: oklch(76.2% 0.186 327.2);
}

Tailwind CSS

/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-violet-500, text-violet-700... */
@theme {
  --color-violet-50: #FFF7FF;
  --color-violet-100: #FFDEFD;
  --color-violet-200: #F8BCF6;
  --color-violet-300: #EE82EE;
  --color-violet-400: #E422E8;
  --color-violet-500: #C800CC;
  --color-violet-600: #AD00B0;
  --color-violet-700: #8D0090;
  --color-violet-800: #720075;
  --color-violet-900: #5F0061;
  --color-violet-950: #2A002B;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#EE82EE] text-[#000000]">…</div>