Blue Violet color: #8a2be2
The CSS keyword blueviolet is #8a2be2, rgb(138, 43, 226) or hsl(271, 76%, 53%). Its codes to copy, 50–950 tint scale, harmonies and contrast on white and black.
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About Blue Violet
Blue Violet is a vivid mid-tone purple. Its hue sits at 301° in OKLCH and 271° in HSL — the two wheels are spaced differently, which is why the numbers disagree.
The keyword blueviolet comes from the X Window System color list, which SVG 1.0 adopted and CSS Color Level 3 brought to every stylesheet.
Blue Violet tint scale, 50 to 950
Eleven steps at fixed perceived lightness, in OKLCH, holding blueviolet’s own hue from end to end. The keyword itself falls closest to step 600 (#882dde), the one outlined; step 500 is #a34fff.
Harmonies built on Blue Violet
Hue angles measured in OKLCH, so every accent keeps blueviolet’s perceived lightness. Its complement is #627700, closest to the named color olive.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-complementary
Blue Violet on white and on black
White text reads better on blueviolet (5.95:1). As a text color it is readable on a white page (5.95:1, AA). AA asks 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA asks 7:1.
Named colors close to Blue Violet
Open blueviolet in the full tools
- Open in Color Converter — convert it to any other notation.
- Open in Palette Generator — export its scale as --blueviolet-50 … --blueviolet-950 tokens.
- Open in Color Harmonies — turn the wheel and compare OKLCH with HSL.
- Open in Contrast Checker — test it against any background, with the closest passing shade.
- Open in Color System Generator — derive a light and dark token set from it.
Or browse every named color from the color converter.