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#816EFA

#816efa ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#816efa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.59% red, 43.14% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.4% cyan, 56% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 248.14°, with 93.33% saturation and 70.59% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.54:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.63.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2272

Complementary

  1. #816efa
  2. #e7fa6e

Split complementary

  1. #816efa
  2. #fac76e
  3. #a1fa6e

Analogous

  1. #6ea1fa
  2. #816efa
  3. #c76efa

Triadic

  1. #816efa
  2. #fa816e
  3. #6efa81

Tetradic

  1. #816efa
  2. #fa6ee7
  3. #e7fa6e
  4. #6efa81

Square

  1. #816efa
  2. #fa6ea1
  3. #e7fa6e
  4. #6efac7

Monochromatic

  1. #2107c8
  2. #4124f7
  3. #816efa
  4. #c1b8fd
  5. #eeebfe

Shades

#816efa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #816efa
  2. #7463e1
  3. #6758c8
  4. #5a4daf
  5. #4d4296
  6. #41377d
  7. #342c64
  8. #27214b
  9. #1a1632
  10. #0d0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#816efa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #816efa
  2. #8e7dfb
  3. #9a8bfb
  4. #a79afc
  5. #b3a8fc
  6. #c0b7fd
  7. #cdc5fd
  8. #d9d4fe
  9. #e6e2fe
  10. #f2f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#816efa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #816efa
  2. #8170ee
  3. #8172e2
  4. #8173d5
  5. #8175c9
  6. #8177bd
  7. #8079b1
  8. #807ba5
  9. #807c98
  10. #807e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #827bbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0687ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007ff7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #568eaa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #547efd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5378f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6a82cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-816efa {
  color: #816efa;
}
Background
.bg-816efa {
  background-color: #816efa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-816efa {
  border: 2px solid #816efa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #816efa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 129 110 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 93% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-816efa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #816efa, #c76efa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-816efa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(129 110 250 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.63 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.09 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 9.17 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.52 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.83 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 10.74 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 11.43 #7e9105 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#816efa  rgb(129, 110, 250)  hsl(248, 93%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue
#e7fa6e  rgb(231, 250, 110)  hsl(68, 93%, 71%)  Laser Lemon
#fa816e  rgb(250, 129, 110)  hsl(8, 93%, 71%)  Salmon
#6efa81  rgb(110, 250, 129)  hsl(128, 93%, 71%)  Spring Green