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#8A56EB

#8a56eb ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a56eb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 33.73% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.28% cyan, 63.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 260.94°, with 78.84% saturation and 62.94% 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 4.61:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 5.58.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1806

Complementary

  1. #8a56eb
  2. #b7eb56

Split complementary

  1. #8a56eb
  2. #ebd556
  3. #6ceb56

Analogous

  1. #566ceb
  2. #8a56eb
  3. #d556eb

Triadic

  1. #8a56eb
  2. #eb8a56
  3. #56eb8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a56eb
  2. #eb56b7
  3. #b7eb56
  4. #56eb8a

Square

  1. #8a56eb
  2. #eb566c
  3. #b7eb56
  4. #56ebd5

Monochromatic

  1. #401296
  2. #5d1adb
  3. #8a56eb
  4. #b99af3
  5. #e9dffb

Shades

#8a56eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a56eb
  2. #7c4dd4
  3. #6e45bc
  4. #613ca5
  5. #53348d
  6. #452b76
  7. #37225e
  8. #291a47
  9. #1c112f
  10. #0e0918
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a56eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a56eb
  2. #9667ed
  3. #a178ef
  4. #ad89f1
  5. #b99af3
  6. #c5abf5
  7. #d0bbf7
  8. #dcccf9
  9. #e8ddfb
  10. #f3eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a56eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a56eb
  2. #895ae0
  3. #885ed6
  4. #8763cb
  5. #8667c0
  6. #856bb6
  7. #846fab
  8. #8373a0
  9. #827895
  10. #817c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #767676 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e6ab1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0077f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0074e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #707899 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #516bee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5669e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b6cbf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a56eb {
  color: #8a56eb;
}
Background
.bg-8a56eb {
  background-color: #8a56eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a56eb {
  border: 2px solid #8a56eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a56eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 86 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 79% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a56eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a56eb, #d556eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a56eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 86 235 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.58 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.98 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.39 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.57 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.62 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.51 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.00 #75a914 Inverted #767676 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a56eb  rgb(138, 86, 235)  hsl(261, 79%, 63%)  Medium Slate Blue
#b7eb56  rgb(183, 235, 86)  hsl(81, 79%, 63%)  Inchworm
#eb8a56  rgb(235, 138, 86)  hsl(21, 79%, 63%)  Mango Tango
#56eb8a  rgb(86, 235, 138)  hsl(141, 79%, 63%)  Medium Spring Green