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#8372CA

#8372ca ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8372ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 44.71% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.15% cyan, 43.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 251.59°, with 45.36% saturation and 61.96% 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 5.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.15.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2112

Complementary

  1. #8372ca
  2. #b9ca72

Split complementary

  1. #8372ca
  2. #caaf72
  3. #8dca72

Analogous

  1. #728dca
  2. #8372ca
  3. #af72ca

Triadic

  1. #8372ca
  2. #ca8372
  3. #72ca83

Tetradic

  1. #8372ca
  2. #ca72b9
  3. #b9ca72
  4. #72ca83

Square

  1. #8372ca
  2. #ca728d
  3. #b9ca72
  4. #72caaf

Monochromatic

  1. #3b2d76
  2. #5641ae
  3. #8372ca
  4. #b4aadf
  5. #e5e1f4

Shades

#8372ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8372ca
  2. #7667b6
  3. #695ba2
  4. #5c508d
  5. #4f4479
  6. #423965
  7. #342e51
  8. #27223d
  9. #1a1728
  10. #0d0b14
  11. #000000

Tints

#8372ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8372ca
  2. #8f80cf
  3. #9c8ed5
  4. #a89cda
  5. #b5aadf
  6. #c1b9e5
  7. #cdc7ea
  8. #dad5ef
  9. #e6e3f4
  10. #f3f1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8372ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8372ca
  2. #8373c3
  3. #8275bb
  4. #8276b4
  5. #8278ac
  6. #8279a5
  7. #817a9e
  8. #817c96
  9. #817d8f
  10. #807f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #807aa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5580cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #567dc8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #718394 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a7bcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b79c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #797cac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8372ca {
  color: #8372ca;
}
Background
.bg-8372ca {
  background-color: #8372ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8372ca {
  border: 2px solid #8372ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8372ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 114 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 45% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8372ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8372ca, #af72ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8372ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 114 202 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.15 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.40 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.66 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.61 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.97 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.71 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 11.13 #7c8d35 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8372ca  rgb(131, 114, 202)  hsl(252, 45%, 62%)  Medium Purple
#b9ca72  rgb(185, 202, 114)  hsl(72, 45%, 62%)  June Bud
#ca8372  rgb(202, 131, 114)  hsl(12, 45%, 62%)  Terra Cotta
#72ca83  rgb(114, 202, 131)  hsl(132, 45%, 62%)  Emerald