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#8564E1

#8564e1 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8564e1 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 39.22% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.89% cyan, 55.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 255.84°, with 67.57% saturation and 63.73% 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 4.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.07.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1954

Complementary

  1. #8564e1
  2. #c0e164

Split complementary

  1. #8564e1
  2. #e1c464
  3. #82e164

Analogous

  1. #6482e1
  2. #8564e1
  3. #c464e1

Triadic

  1. #8564e1
  2. #e18564
  3. #64e185

Tetradic

  1. #8564e1
  2. #e164c0
  3. #c0e164
  4. #64e185

Square

  1. #8564e1
  2. #e16482
  3. #c0e164
  4. #64e1c4

Monochromatic

  1. #3b1c90
  2. #5528d0
  3. #8564e1
  4. #b7a4ed
  5. #eae4fa

Shades

#8564e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8564e1
  2. #785acb
  3. #6a50b4
  4. #5d469e
  5. #503c87
  6. #433271
  7. #35285a
  8. #281e44
  9. #1b142d
  10. #0d0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8564e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8564e1
  2. #9174e4
  3. #9d83e7
  4. #aa93ea
  5. #b6a2ed
  6. #c2b2f0
  7. #cec1f3
  8. #dad1f6
  9. #e7e0f9
  10. #f3f0fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8564e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8564e1
  2. #8567d7
  3. #846ace
  4. #846cc4
  5. #836fba
  6. #8372b1
  7. #8275a7
  8. #82789d
  9. #817a93
  10. #817d8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f72ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #227ce5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2b78de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6c7f99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a73e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d70df ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7775ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8564e1 {
  color: #8564e1;
}
Background
.bg-8564e1 {
  background-color: #8564e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8564e1 {
  border: 2px solid #8564e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8564e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 100 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 68% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8564e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8564e1, #c464e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8564e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 100 225 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.07 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.61 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.97 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.41 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.54 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.89 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.41 #7a9b1e Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8564e1  rgb(133, 100, 225)  hsl(256, 68%, 64%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c0e164  rgb(192, 225, 100)  hsl(76, 68%, 64%)  June Bud
#e18564  rgb(225, 133, 100)  hsl(16, 68%, 64%)  Burnt Sienna
#64e185  rgb(100, 225, 133)  hsl(136, 68%, 64%)  Pastel Green