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#8889EA

#8889ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8889ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 53.73% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.88% cyan, 41.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 239.39°, with 70% saturation and 72.55% 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 6.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 9.

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Relative luminance0.2907

Complementary

  1. #8889ea
  2. #eae988

Split complementary

  1. #8889ea
  2. #eab888
  3. #baea88

Analogous

  1. #88baea
  2. #8889ea
  3. #b888ea

Triadic

  1. #8889ea
  2. #ea8889
  3. #89ea88

Tetradic

  1. #8889ea
  2. #e988ea
  3. #eae988
  4. #89ea88

Square

  1. #8889ea
  2. #ea88ba
  3. #eae988
  4. #88eab8

Monochromatic

  1. #2122b8
  2. #4749df
  3. #8889ea
  4. #c9c9f5
  5. #eeeefc

Shades

#8889ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8889ea
  2. #7a7bd3
  3. #6d6ebb
  4. #5f60a4
  5. #52528c
  6. #444575
  7. #36375e
  8. #292946
  9. #1b1b2f
  10. #0e0e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8889ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8889ea
  2. #9495ec
  3. #a0a1ee
  4. #acacf0
  5. #b8b8f2
  6. #c4c4f5
  7. #cfd0f7
  8. #dbdcf9
  9. #e7e7fb
  10. #f3f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8889ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8889ea
  2. #8788df
  3. #8687d5
  4. #8686ca
  5. #8585c0
  6. #8485b5
  7. #8384aa
  8. #8283a0
  9. #828295
  10. #81818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f8fbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6696ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #608fe8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6a9dae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7591ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #728de9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7795c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8889ea {
  color: #8889ea;
}
Background
.bg-8889ea {
  background-color: #8889ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8889ea {
  border: 2px solid #8889ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8889ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 137 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 70% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8889ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8889ea, #b888ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8889ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 137 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.00 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.67 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.00 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.71 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.29 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.29 #777615 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8889ea  rgb(136, 137, 234)  hsl(239, 70%, 73%)  Medium Purple
#eae988  rgb(234, 233, 136)  hsl(59, 70%, 73%)  Khaki
#ea8889  rgb(234, 136, 137)  hsl(359, 70%, 73%)  Light Coral
#89ea88  rgb(137, 234, 136)  hsl(119, 70%, 73%)  Light Green