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#8A55FB

#8a55fb ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a55fb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 33.33% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.02% cyan, 66.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 259.16°, with 95.4% saturation and 65.88% 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 4.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 5.46.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1887

Complementary

  1. #8a55fb
  2. #c6fb55

Split complementary

  1. #8a55fb
  2. #fbdd55
  3. #73fb55

Analogous

  1. #5573fb
  2. #8a55fb
  3. #dd55fb

Triadic

  1. #8a55fb
  2. #fb8a55
  3. #55fb8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a55fb
  2. #fb55c6
  3. #c6fb55
  4. #55fb8a

Square

  1. #8a55fb
  2. #fb5573
  3. #c6fb55
  4. #55fbdd

Monochromatic

  1. #3c04b3
  2. #570af9
  3. #8a55fb
  4. #bda0fd
  5. #f1eaff

Shades

#8a55fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a55fb
  2. #7c4de2
  3. #6e44c9
  4. #613cb0
  5. #533397
  6. #452b7e
  7. #372264
  8. #291a4b
  9. #1c1132
  10. #0e0919
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a55fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a55fb
  2. #9666fb
  3. #a177fc
  4. #ad88fc
  5. #b999fd
  6. #c5aafd
  7. #d0bbfd
  8. #dcccfe
  9. #e8ddfe
  10. #f3eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a55fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a55fb
  2. #8959ef
  3. #885ee2
  4. #8762d6
  5. #8666ca
  6. #856bbe
  7. #846fb1
  8. #8373a5
  9. #827799
  10. #817c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #806cbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007aff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #687ea1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #476dfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c6af9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7770cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a55fb {
  color: #8a55fb;
}
Background
.bg-8a55fb {
  background-color: #8a55fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a55fb {
  border: 2px solid #8a55fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a55fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 85 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 95% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a55fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a55fb, #dd55fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a55fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 85 251 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.46 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.25 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.31 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.32 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.80 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.01 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.28 #75aa04 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a55fb  rgb(138, 85, 251)  hsl(259, 95%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c6fb55  rgb(198, 251, 85)  hsl(79, 95%, 66%)  Green Yellow
#fb8a55  rgb(251, 138, 85)  hsl(19, 95%, 66%)  Mango Tango
#55fb8a  rgb(85, 251, 138)  hsl(139, 95%, 66%)  Spring Green