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#8255FB

#8255fb ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8255fb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.98% red, 33.33% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.21% cyan, 66.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 256.27°, with 95.4% saturation and 65.88% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.64:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 5.14.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1821

Complementary

  1. #8255fb
  2. #cefb55

Split complementary

  1. #8255fb
  2. #fbd555
  3. #7bfb55

Analogous

  1. #557bfb
  2. #8255fb
  3. #d555fb

Triadic

  1. #8255fb
  2. #fb8255
  3. #55fb82

Tetradic

  1. #8255fb
  2. #fb55ce
  3. #cefb55
  4. #55fb82

Square

  1. #8255fb
  2. #fb557b
  3. #cefb55
  4. #55fbd5

Monochromatic

  1. #3404b3
  2. #4b0af9
  3. #8255fb
  4. #b9a0fd
  5. #f0eaff

Shades

#8255fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8255fb
  2. #754de2
  3. #6844c9
  4. #5b3cb0
  5. #4e3397
  6. #412b7e
  7. #342264
  8. #271a4b
  9. #1a1132
  10. #0d0919
  11. #000000

Tints

#8255fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8255fb
  2. #8f66fb
  3. #9b77fc
  4. #a888fc
  5. #b499fd
  6. #c1aafd
  7. #cdbbfd
  8. #daccfe
  9. #e6ddfe
  10. #f3eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8255fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8255fb
  2. #8259ef
  3. #825ee2
  4. #8162d6
  5. #8166ca
  6. #816bbe
  7. #816fb1
  8. #8173a5
  9. #807799
  10. #807c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #767676 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b6bbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0079ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0072f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #597ea1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3e6dfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4168f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6c70cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8255fb {
  color: #8255fb;
}
Background
.bg-8255fb {
  background-color: #8255fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8255fb {
  border: 2px solid #8255fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8255fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 130 85 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 95% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8255fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8255fb, #d555fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8255fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(130 85 251 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.14 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.21 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.42 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.88 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.16 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.17 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.26 #7daa04 Inverted #767676 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8255fb  rgb(130, 85, 251)  hsl(256, 95%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#cefb55  rgb(206, 251, 85)  hsl(76, 95%, 66%)  Electric Lime
#fb8255  rgb(251, 130, 85)  hsl(16, 95%, 66%)  Coral
#55fb82  rgb(85, 251, 130)  hsl(136, 95%, 66%)  Spring Green