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#8383EC

#8383ec ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8383ec is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 51.37% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.49% cyan, 44.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 73.43% saturation and 71.96% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 8.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.2711

Complementary

  1. #8383ec
  2. #ecec83

Split complementary

  1. #8383ec
  2. #ecb783
  3. #b7ec83

Analogous

  1. #83b7ec
  2. #8383ec
  3. #b783ec

Triadic

  1. #8383ec
  2. #ec8383
  3. #83ec83

Tetradic

  1. #8383ec
  2. #ec83ec
  3. #ecec83
  4. #83ec83

Square

  1. #8383ec
  2. #ec83b7
  3. #ecec83
  4. #83ecb7

Monochromatic

  1. #1c1cba
  2. #4141e2
  3. #8383ec
  4. #c5c5f6
  5. #ededfc

Shades

#8383ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8383ec
  2. #7676d4
  3. #6969bd
  4. #5c5ca5
  5. #4f4f8e
  6. #424276
  7. #34345e
  8. #272747
  9. #1a1a2f
  10. #0d0d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8383ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8383ec
  2. #8f8fee
  3. #9c9cf0
  4. #a8a8f2
  5. #b5b5f4
  6. #c1c1f6
  7. #cdcdf7
  8. #dadaf9
  9. #e6e6fb
  10. #f3f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8383ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8383ec
  2. #8383e1
  3. #8282d6
  4. #8282cc
  5. #8282c1
  6. #8282b6
  7. #8181ab
  8. #8181a0
  9. #818196
  10. #80808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a8abb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5a92f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #538aea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6099ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d8cee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a88eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7091c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8383ec {
  color: #8383ec;
}
Background
.bg-8383ec {
  background-color: #8383ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8383ec {
  border: 2px solid #8383ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8383ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 131 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 73% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8383ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8383ec, #b783ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8383ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 131 236 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.00 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.17 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.77 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.13 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.97 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.04 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.04 #7c7c13 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8383ec  rgb(131, 131, 236)  hsl(240, 73%, 72%)  Medium Purple
#ecec83  rgb(236, 236, 131)  hsl(60, 73%, 72%)  Khaki
#ec8383  rgb(236, 131, 131)  hsl(0, 73%, 72%)  Light Coral
#83ec83  rgb(131, 236, 131)  hsl(120, 73%, 72%)  Light Green