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#8872EA

#8872ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8872ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 44.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.88% cyan, 51.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 251°, with 74.07% saturation and 68.24% 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 5.64:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.66.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2321

Complementary

  1. #8872ea
  2. #d4ea72

Split complementary

  1. #8872ea
  2. #eac472
  3. #98ea72

Analogous

  1. #7298ea
  2. #8872ea
  3. #c472ea

Triadic

  1. #8872ea
  2. #ea8872
  3. #72ea88

Tetradic

  1. #8872ea
  2. #ea72d4
  3. #d4ea72
  4. #72ea88

Square

  1. #8872ea
  2. #ea7298
  3. #d4ea72
  4. #72eac4

Monochromatic

  1. #3419aa
  2. #502fe0
  3. #8872ea
  4. #c0b5f4
  5. #f0edfc

Shades

#8872ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8872ea
  2. #7a67d3
  3. #6d5bbb
  4. #5f50a4
  5. #52448c
  6. #443975
  7. #362e5e
  8. #292246
  9. #1b172f
  10. #0e0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8872ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8872ea
  2. #9480ec
  3. #a08eee
  4. #ac9cf0
  5. #b8aaf2
  6. #c4b9f5
  7. #cfc7f7
  8. #dbd5f9
  9. #e7e3fb
  10. #f3f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8872ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8872ea
  2. #8773df
  3. #8675d5
  4. #8676ca
  5. #8578c0
  6. #8479b5
  7. #837aaa
  8. #827ca0
  9. #827d95
  10. #817f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #867db6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3d87ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e81e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6c8ba3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #647fed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #647ce8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7882c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8872ea {
  color: #8872ea;
}
Background
.bg-8872ea {
  background-color: #8872ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8872ea {
  border: 2px solid #8872ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8872ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 114 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 74% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8872ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8872ea, #c472ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8872ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 114 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.66 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.67 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.63 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.96 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.64 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.75 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.29 #778d15 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8872ea  rgb(136, 114, 234)  hsl(251, 74%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d4ea72  rgb(212, 234, 114)  hsl(71, 74%, 68%)  June Bud
#ea8872  rgb(234, 136, 114)  hsl(11, 74%, 68%)  Salmon
#72ea88  rgb(114, 234, 136)  hsl(131, 74%, 68%)  Light Green