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#8965FF

#8965ff ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8965ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.27% cyan, 60.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 254.03°, with 100% saturation and 69.8% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.29.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2185

Complementary

  1. #8965ff
  2. #dbff65

Split complementary

  1. #8965ff
  2. #ffd665
  3. #8eff65

Analogous

  1. #658eff
  2. #8965ff
  3. #d665ff

Triadic

  1. #8965ff
  2. #ff8965
  3. #65ff89

Tetradic

  1. #8965ff
  2. #ff65db
  3. #dbff65
  4. #65ff89

Square

  1. #8965ff
  2. #ff658e
  3. #dbff65
  4. #65ffd6

Monochromatic

  1. #2f00cb
  2. #4e18ff
  3. #8965ff
  4. #c4b1ff
  5. #efebff

Shades

#8965ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8965ff
  2. #7b5be6
  3. #6e51cc
  4. #6047b3
  5. #523d99
  6. #453380
  7. #372866
  8. #291e4d
  9. #1b1433
  10. #0e0a1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#8965ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8965ff
  2. #9574ff
  3. #a184ff
  4. #ac93ff
  5. #b8a3ff
  6. #c4b2ff
  7. #d0c1ff
  8. #dcd1ff
  9. #e7e0ff
  10. #f3f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8965ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8965ff
  2. #8868f2
  3. #876ae6
  4. #866dd9
  5. #8570cc
  6. #8573c0
  7. #8475b3
  8. #8378a6
  9. #827b99
  10. #817d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8477c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0084ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007dfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6389a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5179ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5374fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #747cd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8965ff {
  color: #8965ff;
}
Background
.bg-8965ff {
  background-color: #8965ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8965ff {
  border: 2px solid #8965ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8965ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 101 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 100% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8965ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8965ff, #d665ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8965ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 101 255 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.29 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.30 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.72 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.59 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.44 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.65 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 12.31 #769a00 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8965ff  rgb(137, 101, 255)  hsl(254, 100%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue
#dbff65  rgb(219, 255, 101)  hsl(74, 100%, 70%)  Electric Lime
#ff8965  rgb(255, 137, 101)  hsl(14, 100%, 70%)  Coral
#65ff89  rgb(101, 255, 137)  hsl(134, 100%, 70%)  Spring Green