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#8050FF

#8050ff ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8050ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 31.37% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.8% cyan, 68.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 256.46°, with 100% saturation and 65.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 6.19.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1755

Complementary

  1. #8050ff
  2. #cfff50

Split complementary

  1. #8050ff
  2. #ffd850
  3. #78ff50

Analogous

  1. #5078ff
  2. #8050ff
  3. #d850ff

Triadic

  1. #8050ff
  2. #ff8050
  3. #50ff80

Tetradic

  1. #8050ff
  2. #ff50cf
  3. #cfff50
  4. #50ff80

Square

  1. #8050ff
  2. #ff5078
  3. #cfff50
  4. #50ffd8

Monochromatic

  1. #3200b6
  2. #4904ff
  3. #8050ff
  4. #b89dff
  5. #efe9ff

Shades

#8050ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8050ff
  2. #7348e6
  3. #6640cc
  4. #5a38b3
  5. #4d3099
  6. #402880
  7. #332066
  8. #26184d
  9. #1a1033
  10. #0d081a
  11. #000000

Tints

#8050ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8050ff
  2. #8d62ff
  3. #9973ff
  4. #a685ff
  5. #b396ff
  6. #c0a8ff
  7. #ccb9ff
  8. #d9cbff
  9. #e6dcff
  10. #f2eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8050ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8050ff
  2. #8055f2
  3. #805ae6
  4. #805ed9
  5. #8063cc
  6. #8068c0
  7. #806db3
  8. #8072a6
  9. #807699
  10. #807b8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #747474 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7968bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0078ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0070fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #537da2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #346aff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3765fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #686ece ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8050ff {
  color: #8050ff;
}
Background
.bg-8050ff {
  background-color: #8050ff;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8050ff {
  border: 2px solid #8050ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8050ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 80 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 100% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8050ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8050ff, #d850ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8050ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 80 255 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.19 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 6.93 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.71 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.39 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.42 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.69 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 8.93 #7faf00 Inverted #747474 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8050ff  rgb(128, 80, 255)  hsl(256, 100%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#cfff50  rgb(207, 255, 80)  hsl(76, 100%, 66%)  Electric Lime
#ff8050  rgb(255, 128, 80)  hsl(16, 100%, 66%)  Coral
#50ff80  rgb(80, 255, 128)  hsl(136, 100%, 66%)  Spring Green