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#8566EA

#8566ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8566ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.16% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 254.09°, 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 5.09:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.06.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2043

Complementary

  1. #8566ea
  2. #cbea66

Split complementary

  1. #8566ea
  2. #eac766
  3. #89ea66

Analogous

  1. #6689ea
  2. #8566ea
  3. #c766ea

Triadic

  1. #8566ea
  2. #ea8566
  3. #66ea85

Tetradic

  1. #8566ea
  2. #ea66cb
  3. #cbea66
  4. #66ea85

Square

  1. #8566ea
  2. #ea6689
  3. #cbea66
  4. #66eac7

Monochromatic

  1. #3716a1
  2. #4f23e1
  3. #8566ea
  4. #bba9f3
  5. #f0edfc

Shades

#8566ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8566ea
  2. #785cd3
  3. #6a52bb
  4. #5d47a4
  5. #503d8c
  6. #433375
  7. #35295e
  8. #281f46
  9. #1b142f
  10. #0d0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8566ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8566ea
  2. #9175ec
  3. #9d85ee
  4. #aa94f0
  5. #b6a3f2
  6. #c2b3f5
  7. #cec2f7
  8. #dad1f9
  9. #e7e0fb
  10. #f3f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8566ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8566ea
  2. #8569df
  3. #846bd5
  4. #846eca
  5. #8370c0
  6. #8373b5
  7. #8276aa
  8. #8278a0
  9. #817b95
  10. #817d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8074b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #147fee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1e7ae7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #68839e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5876ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a72e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7478c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8566ea {
  color: #8566ea;
}
Background
.bg-8566ea {
  background-color: #8566ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8566ea {
  border: 2px solid #8566ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8566ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8566ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8566ea, #c766ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8566ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.06 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.74 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.90 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.34 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.17 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 9.94 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 10.68 #7a9915 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8566ea  rgb(133, 102, 234)  hsl(254, 76%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#cbea66  rgb(203, 234, 102)  hsl(74, 76%, 66%)  June Bud
#ea8566  rgb(234, 133, 102)  hsl(14, 76%, 66%)  Burnt Sienna
#66ea85  rgb(102, 234, 133)  hsl(134, 76%, 66%)  Pastel Green