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#8970EE

#8970ee ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8970ee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 43.92% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.44% cyan, 52.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 251.9°, with 78.75% saturation and 68.63% 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 5.62:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.31.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2308

Complementary

  1. #8970ee
  2. #d5ee70

Split complementary

  1. #8970ee
  2. #eec870
  3. #96ee70

Analogous

  1. #7096ee
  2. #8970ee
  3. #c870ee

Triadic

  1. #8970ee
  2. #ee8970
  3. #70ee89

Tetradic

  1. #8970ee
  2. #ee70d5
  3. #d5ee70
  4. #70ee89

Square

  1. #8970ee
  2. #ee7096
  3. #d5ee70
  4. #70eec8

Monochromatic

  1. #3415b0
  2. #512ce6
  3. #8970ee
  4. #c1b4f6
  5. #f0edfd

Shades

#8970ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8970ee
  2. #7b65d6
  3. #6e5abe
  4. #604ea7
  5. #52438f
  6. #453877
  7. #372d5f
  8. #292247
  9. #1b1630
  10. #0e0b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8970ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8970ee
  2. #957ef0
  3. #a18df1
  4. #ac9bf3
  5. #b8a9f5
  6. #c4b8f7
  7. #d0c6f8
  8. #dcd4fa
  9. #e7e2fc
  10. #f3f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8970ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8970ee
  2. #8872e3
  3. #8773d8
  4. #8675cd
  5. #8576c2
  6. #8578b7
  7. #847aac
  8. #837ba1
  9. #827d96
  10. #817e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #867cb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3387f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3681eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6c8ba4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #617ef1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #627bec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7881c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8970ee {
  color: #8970ee;
}
Background
.bg-8970ee {
  background-color: #8970ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8970ee {
  border: 2px solid #8970ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8970ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 112 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 79% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8970ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8970ee, #c870ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8970ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 112 238 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.31 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.88 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.63 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.88 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.72 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.81 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.80 #768f11 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8970ee  rgb(137, 112, 238)  hsl(252, 79%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d5ee70  rgb(213, 238, 112)  hsl(72, 79%, 69%)  June Bud
#ee8970  rgb(238, 137, 112)  hsl(12, 79%, 69%)  Dark Salmon
#70ee89  rgb(112, 238, 137)  hsl(132, 79%, 69%)  Light Green