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#8979F3

#8979f3 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8979f3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 47.45% green and 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.62% cyan, 50.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 247.87°, with 83.56% saturation and 71.37% 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 6.09:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 5.39.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2546

Complementary

  1. #8979f3
  2. #e3f379

Split complementary

  1. #8979f3
  2. #f3c679
  3. #a6f379

Analogous

  1. #79a6f3
  2. #8979f3
  3. #c679f3

Triadic

  1. #8979f3
  2. #f38979
  3. #79f389

Tetradic

  1. #8979f3
  2. #f379e3
  3. #e3f379
  4. #79f389

Square

  1. #8979f3
  2. #f379a6
  3. #e3f379
  4. #79f3c6

Monochromatic

  1. #2811c2
  2. #4b33ed
  3. #8979f3
  4. #c7bff9
  5. #efecfd

Shades

#8979f3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8979f3
  2. #7b6ddb
  3. #6e61c2
  4. #6055aa
  5. #524992
  6. #453d7a
  7. #373061
  8. #292449
  9. #1b1831
  10. #0e0c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8979f3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8979f3
  2. #9586f4
  3. #a194f5
  4. #aca1f7
  5. #b8aff8
  6. #c4bcf9
  7. #d0c9fa
  8. #dcd7fb
  9. #e7e4fd
  10. #f3f2fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8979f3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8979f3
  2. #887ae8
  3. #877adc
  4. #867bd1
  5. #857cc5
  6. #857dba
  7. #847dae
  8. #837ea3
  9. #827f97
  10. #817f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a84bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #438df7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4187f0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6893ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6686f6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6581f1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7789cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8979f3 {
  color: #8979f3;
}
Background
.bg-8979f3 {
  background-color: #8979f3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8979f3 {
  border: 2px solid #8979f3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8979f3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 121 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 84% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8979f3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8979f3, #c679f3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8979f3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 121 243 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.39 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.41 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.63 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.82 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 11.34 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.61 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.61 #76860c Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8979f3  rgb(137, 121, 243)  hsl(248, 84%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue
#e3f379  rgb(227, 243, 121)  hsl(68, 84%, 71%)  Pastel Yellow
#f38979  rgb(243, 137, 121)  hsl(8, 84%, 71%)  Salmon
#79f389  rgb(121, 243, 137)  hsl(128, 84%, 71%)  Light Green