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#8965EA

#8965ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8965ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 39.61% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.45% cyan, 56.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 256.24°, with 76% saturation and 65.69% 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 5.11:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.83.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2057

Complementary

  1. #8965ea
  2. #c6ea65

Split complementary

  1. #8965ea
  2. #eacc65
  3. #84ea65

Analogous

  1. #6584ea
  2. #8965ea
  3. #cc65ea

Triadic

  1. #8965ea
  2. #ea8965
  3. #65ea89

Tetradic

  1. #8965ea
  2. #ea65c6
  3. #c6ea65
  4. #65ea89

Square

  1. #8965ea
  2. #ea6584
  3. #c6ea65
  4. #65eacc

Monochromatic

  1. #3b16a0
  2. #5522e1
  3. #8965ea
  4. #bda8f3
  5. #f0ecfc

Shades

#8965ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8965ea
  2. #7b5bd3
  3. #6e51bb
  4. #6047a4
  5. #523d8c
  6. #453375
  7. #37285e
  8. #291e46
  9. #1b142f
  10. #0e0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8965ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8965ea
  2. #9574ec
  3. #a184ee
  4. #ac93f0
  5. #b8a3f2
  6. #c4b2f5
  7. #d0c1f7
  8. #dcd1f9
  9. #e7e0fb
  10. #f3f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8965ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8965ea
  2. #8868df
  3. #876ad5
  4. #866dca
  5. #8570c0
  6. #8573b5
  7. #8475aa
  8. #8378a0
  9. #827b95
  10. #817d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8274b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #137fee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #227be7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6e829e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b76ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d73e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7a77c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8965ea {
  color: #8965ea;
}
Background
.bg-8965ea {
  background-color: #8965ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8965ea {
  border: 2px solid #8965ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8965ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 101 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8965ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8965ea, #cc65ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8965ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 101 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.83 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.46 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.36 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.71 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.50 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.70 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 11.03 #769a15 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8965ea  rgb(137, 101, 234)  hsl(256, 76%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c6ea65  rgb(198, 234, 101)  hsl(76, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm
#ea8965  rgb(234, 137, 101)  hsl(16, 76%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#65ea89  rgb(101, 234, 137)  hsl(136, 76%, 66%)  Light Green