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#8466EA

#8466ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8466ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.76% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.59% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 253.64°, with 75.86% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.07:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 1.89.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2035

Complementary

  1. #8466ea
  2. #ccea66

Split complementary

  1. #8466ea
  2. #eac666
  3. #8aea66

Analogous

  1. #668aea
  2. #8466ea
  3. #c666ea

Triadic

  1. #8466ea
  2. #ea8466
  3. #66ea84

Tetradic

  1. #8466ea
  2. #ea66cc
  3. #ccea66
  4. #66ea84

Square

  1. #8466ea
  2. #ea668a
  3. #ccea66
  4. #66eac6

Monochromatic

  1. #3616a1
  2. #4e23e1
  3. #8466ea
  4. #baa9f3
  5. #f0edfc

Shades

#8466ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8466ea
  2. #775cd3
  3. #6a52bb
  4. #5c47a4
  5. #4f3d8c
  6. #423375
  7. #35295e
  8. #281f46
  9. #1a142f
  10. #0d0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8466ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8466ea
  2. #9075ec
  3. #9d85ee
  4. #a994f0
  5. #b5a3f2
  6. #c2b3f5
  7. #cec2f7
  8. #dad1f9
  9. #e6e0fb
  10. #f3f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8466ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8466ea
  2. #8469df
  3. #836bd5
  4. #836eca
  5. #8270c0
  6. #8273b5
  7. #8276aa
  8. #8178a0
  9. #817b95
  10. #807d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8074b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #137fee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1c7ae7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #66839e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5776ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5972e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7378c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8466ea {
  color: #8466ea;
}
Background
.bg-8466ea {
  background-color: #8466ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8466ea {
  border: 2px solid #8466ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8466ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 132 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8466ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8466ea, #c666ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8466ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(132 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 1.89 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.86 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.03 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.22 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.04 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 9.76 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 10.55 #7b9915 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8466ea  rgb(132, 102, 234)  hsl(254, 76%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#ccea66  rgb(204, 234, 102)  hsl(74, 76%, 66%)  June Bud
#ea8466  rgb(234, 132, 102)  hsl(14, 76%, 66%)  Burnt Sienna
#66ea84  rgb(102, 234, 132)  hsl(134, 76%, 66%)  Pastel Green