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#8971ED

#8971ed ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8971ed is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 44.31% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.19% cyan, 52.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 251.61°, with 77.5% 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 5.65:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.51.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2324

Complementary

  1. #8971ed
  2. #d5ed71

Split complementary

  1. #8971ed
  2. #edc771
  3. #97ed71

Analogous

  1. #7197ed
  2. #8971ed
  3. #c771ed

Triadic

  1. #8971ed
  2. #ed8971
  3. #71ed89

Tetradic

  1. #8971ed
  2. #ed71d5
  3. #d5ed71
  4. #71ed89

Square

  1. #8971ed
  2. #ed7197
  3. #d5ed71
  4. #71edc7

Monochromatic

  1. #3416af
  2. #512de4
  3. #8971ed
  4. #c1b5f6
  5. #f0edfd

Shades

#8971ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8971ed
  2. #7b66d5
  3. #6e5abe
  4. #604fa6
  5. #52448e
  6. #453977
  7. #372d5f
  8. #292247
  9. #1b172f
  10. #0e0b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8971ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8971ed
  2. #957fef
  3. #a18df1
  4. #ac9cf2
  5. #b8aaf4
  6. #c4b8f6
  7. #d0c6f8
  8. #dcd4fa
  9. #e7e3fb
  10. #f3f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8971ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8971ed
  2. #8873e2
  3. #8774d7
  4. #8676cc
  5. #8577c1
  6. #8579b7
  7. #847aac
  8. #837ca1
  9. #827d96
  10. #817f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #867db8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3787f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3981ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6c8ba4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #627ff0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #637beb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7982c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8971ed {
  color: #8971ed;
}
Background
.bg-8971ed {
  background-color: #8971ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8971ed {
  border: 2px solid #8971ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8971ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 113 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 78% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8971ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8971ed, #c771ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8971ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 113 237 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.51 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.81 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.66 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.02 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.69 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.79 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.62 #768e12 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8971ed  rgb(137, 113, 237)  hsl(252, 78%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d5ed71  rgb(213, 237, 113)  hsl(72, 78%, 69%)  June Bud
#ed8971  rgb(237, 137, 113)  hsl(12, 78%, 69%)  Dark Salmon
#71ed89  rgb(113, 237, 137)  hsl(132, 78%, 69%)  Light Green