CSS named color

Violet #EE82EE

The CSS keyword violet is #EE82EE. It is a light vivid magenta in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.762, chroma 0.186 and hue 327.2°.

Relative luminance: 0.4032
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.762 · 0.186 · 327.2
Best text: Black 9.06:1
Hue family: Violet

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#EE82EE color codes

HEX: #EE82EE
RGB: rgb(238, 130, 238)
HSL: hsl(300, 76%, 72%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.762 0.186 327.2)
OKLab: oklab(0.762 0.156 -0.101)
CIELAB (D65): L* 69.70, a* 56.36, b* -36.81
XYZ (D65): X 58.67, Y 40.32, Z 85.56
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 45%, 0%, 7%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #EE82EE accessible?

Black text on it reaches 9.06:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.31:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

9.06:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +58
White text on it

2.31:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −50
As text on black

9.06:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −56
As text on white

2.31:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +45

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#B34AB4 4.61:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.76 to 0.59 reaches 4.61:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#EE82EE 9.06:1

It already reaches 9.06:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #EE82EE live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #EE82EE

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #EE82EE sits at step 300.

50#FFEFFE

White
1.10
Black
19.02
100#FFE0FE

White
1.21
Black
17.34
200#FFBEFE

White
1.49
Black
14.04
300This color#EE82EE

White
2.31
Black
9.06
400#DB73DC

White
2.80
Black
7.49
500#BE55BF

White
4.00
Black
5.24
600#A33CA5

White
5.60
Black
3.74
700#89228A

White
7.89
Black
2.65
800#6A006D

White
11.45
Black
1.83
900#470049

White
15.39
Black
1.36
950#2A002B

White
18.52
Black
1.13

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #EE82EE can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.241; #EE82EE uses 77% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.266 there: 10% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.186
sRGB edge: 0.241
Display P3 edge: 0.266
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.272
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 549 nm
Excitation purity: 43%
Chromaticity: x 0.3179, y 0.2185

This color#EE82EE
Most vivid in sRGB#FD6DFF
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.762 0.266 327.2)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #ee82ee;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.9465 0.423 1); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #EE82EE

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#F7C1F7
OKLab50%#F9C3F8
OKLCH50%#F9C3F8

Black #000000

sRGB50%#774177
OKLab50%#5C2F5C
OKLCH50%#5C2F5C

Its complement #4CD067

sRGB50%#9DA9AB
OKLab50%#B1B1B2
OKLCH50%#47BEFF

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ee82ee, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ee82ee 50%, white);

In use

#EE82EE in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:19.06:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.31:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.31:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.31:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #B34AB4 4.61:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:19.06:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:18.08:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:18.08:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:18.08:1 Passes

Color vision

How #EE82EE looks with color blindness

Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 29.1; tritanopia changes it least, 15.8.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#79A1F2 ΔE2000 29.1

Distinct

Reads as light soft blue
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#97AFEB ΔE2000 25.9

Distinct

Reads as light muted blue
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#F48DAD ΔE2000 15.8

Distinct

Reads as light soft pink
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#AAAAAA ΔE2000 27.0

Distinct

Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #4CD067. Their lightness contrast is only 1.16:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#EE82EE · #4CD067	83.8	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#79A1F2 · #D2BE5E	52.5	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#97AFEB · #C2B36F	43.4	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#F48DAD · #25CCB8	61.2	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#AAAAAA · #B7B7B7	3.6	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #EE82EE

Its complement is #4CD067, a light vivid green.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#EE82EE
Complement#4CD067

Complementary

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−30°#BC9DFF
Base#EE82EE
+30°#FF83B3

Analogous

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Base#EE82EE
+120°#DCAA00
+240°#00C8DC

Triadic

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Base#EE82EE
+150°#AABF00
+210°#00CEB0

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-violet: #ee82ee;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        violet: '#ee82ee',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-violet: oklch(0.762 0.186 327.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "violet": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9333, 0.5098, 0.9333],
        "hex": "#ee82ee"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color violet"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let violet = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.933, green: 0.510, blue: 0.933, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Violet = Color(0xFFEE82EE)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

Open #EE82EE in the tools

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Violet #EE82EE

#EE82EE color codes

Contrast: is #EE82EE accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #EE82EE live

Shades and tints of #EE82EE

How vivid #EE82EE can get

Mixing #EE82EE

#EE82EE in an interface

How #EE82EE looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #EE82EE

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #EE82EE in the tools