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#8169CE

#8169ce ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8169ce is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.59% red, 41.18% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.38% cyan, 49.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 254.26°, with 50.75% saturation and 60.98% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.33.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1923

Complementary

  1. #8169ce
  2. #b6ce69

Split complementary

  1. #8169ce
  2. #ceb469
  3. #83ce69

Analogous

  1. #6983ce
  2. #8169ce
  3. #b469ce

Triadic

  1. #8169ce
  2. #ce8169
  3. #69ce81

Tetradic

  1. #8169ce
  2. #ce69b6
  3. #b6ce69
  4. #69ce81

Square

  1. #8169ce
  2. #ce6983
  3. #b6ce69
  4. #69ceb4

Monochromatic

  1. #3a2777
  2. #563ab1
  3. #8169ce
  4. #b1a3e1
  5. #e2dcf4

Shades

#8169ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8169ce
  2. #745fb9
  3. #6754a5
  4. #5a4a90
  5. #4d3f7c
  6. #413567
  7. #342a52
  8. #27203e
  9. #1a1529
  10. #0d0b15
  11. #000000

Tints

#8169ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8169ce
  2. #8e78d3
  3. #9a87d8
  4. #a796dd
  5. #b3a5e2
  6. #c0b4e7
  7. #cdc3eb
  8. #d9d2f0
  9. #e6e1f5
  10. #f2f0fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8169ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8169ce
  2. #816bc6
  3. #816ebe
  4. #8170b7
  5. #8172af
  6. #8175a7
  7. #80779f
  8. #807997
  9. #807b90
  10. #807e88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c73a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #437bd2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4677cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6e7d92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6274d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6372cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7676ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8169ce {
  color: #8169ce;
}
Background
.bg-8169ce {
  background-color: #8169ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8169ce {
  border: 2px solid #8169ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8169ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 129 105 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 51% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8169ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8169ce, #b469ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8169ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(129 105 206 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.33 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.08 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.46 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.30 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.50 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 9.51 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.53 #7e9631 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8169ce  rgb(129, 105, 206)  hsl(254, 51%, 61%)  Medium Purple
#b6ce69  rgb(182, 206, 105)  hsl(74, 51%, 61%)  June Bud
#ce8169  rgb(206, 129, 105)  hsl(14, 51%, 61%)  Terra Cotta
#69ce81  rgb(105, 206, 129)  hsl(134, 51%, 61%)  Emerald