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#8973FC

#8973fc ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8973fc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 45.1% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.63% cyan, 54.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 249.64°, with 95.8% saturation and 71.96% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.34.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2461

Complementary

  1. #8973fc
  2. #e6fc73

Split complementary

  1. #8973fc
  2. #fcce73
  3. #a1fc73

Analogous

  1. #73a1fc
  2. #8973fc
  3. #ce73fc

Triadic

  1. #8973fc
  2. #fc8973
  3. #73fc89

Tetradic

  1. #8973fc
  2. #fc73e6
  3. #e6fc73
  4. #73fc89

Square

  1. #8973fc
  2. #fc73a1
  3. #e6fc73
  4. #73fcce

Monochromatic

  1. #2504d2
  2. #4a28fa
  3. #8973fc
  4. #c8befe
  5. #eeebff

Shades

#8973fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8973fc
  2. #7b68e3
  3. #6e5cca
  4. #6051b0
  5. #524597
  6. #453a7e
  7. #372e65
  8. #29234c
  9. #1b1732
  10. #0e0c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8973fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8973fc
  2. #9581fc
  3. #a18ffd
  4. #ac9dfd
  5. #b8abfd
  6. #c4b9fe
  7. #d0c7fe
  8. #dcd5fe
  9. #e7e3fe
  10. #f3f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8973fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8973fc
  2. #8874f0
  3. #8776e3
  4. #8677d7
  5. #8578ca
  6. #857abe
  7. #847bb2
  8. #837ca5
  9. #827d99
  10. #817f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8880c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #268bff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2484f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6491ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e82ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d7efa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7486d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8973fc {
  color: #8973fc;
}
Background
.bg-8973fc {
  background-color: #8973fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8973fc {
  border: 2px solid #8973fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8973fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 115 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 96% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8973fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8973fc, #ce73fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8973fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 115 252 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.34 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.69 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.52 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.80 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.48 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.53 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 12.24 #768c03 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8973fc  rgb(137, 115, 252)  hsl(250, 96%, 72%)  Medium Slate Blue
#e6fc73  rgb(230, 252, 115)  hsl(70, 96%, 72%)  Laser Lemon
#fc8973  rgb(252, 137, 115)  hsl(10, 96%, 72%)  Salmon
#73fc89  rgb(115, 252, 137)  hsl(130, 96%, 72%)  Mint Green