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#8A55FC

#8a55fc ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a55fc 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 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.24% cyan, 66.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 259.04°, with 96.53% saturation and 66.08% 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 4.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 5.47.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1893

Complementary

  1. #8a55fc
  2. #c7fc55

Split complementary

  1. #8a55fc
  2. #fcdd55
  3. #74fc55

Analogous

  1. #5574fc
  2. #8a55fc
  3. #dd55fc

Triadic

  1. #8a55fc
  2. #fc8a55
  3. #55fc8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a55fc
  2. #fc55c7
  3. #c7fc55
  4. #55fc8a

Square

  1. #8a55fc
  2. #fc5574
  3. #c7fc55
  4. #55fcdd

Monochromatic

  1. #3c03b5
  2. #560afb
  3. #8a55fc
  4. #bea0fd
  5. #f1ebff

Shades

#8a55fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a55fc
  2. #7c4de3
  3. #6e44ca
  4. #613cb0
  5. #533397
  6. #452b7e
  7. #372265
  8. #291a4c
  9. #1c1132
  10. #0e0919
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a55fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a55fc
  2. #9666fc
  3. #a177fd
  4. #ad88fd
  5. #b999fd
  6. #c5aafe
  7. #d0bbfe
  8. #dcccfe
  9. #e8ddfe
  10. #f3eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a55fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a55fc
  2. #8959f0
  3. #885ee3
  4. #8762d7
  5. #8666ca
  6. #856bbe
  7. #846fb2
  8. #8373a5
  9. #827799
  10. #817c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #806cbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007bff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #687ea2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #476eff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c6afa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7770cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a55fc {
  color: #8a55fc;
}
Background
.bg-8a55fc {
  background-color: #8a55fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a55fc {
  border: 2px solid #8a55fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a55fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 85 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 97% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a55fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a55fc, #dd55fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a55fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 85 252 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.47 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.34 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.37 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.38 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.88 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.04 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.36 #75aa03 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a55fc  rgb(138, 85, 252)  hsl(259, 97%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c7fc55  rgb(199, 252, 85)  hsl(79, 97%, 66%)  Green Yellow
#fc8a55  rgb(252, 138, 85)  hsl(19, 97%, 66%)  Mango Tango
#55fc8a  rgb(85, 252, 138)  hsl(139, 97%, 66%)  Spring Green