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#8A59EA

#8a59ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a59ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 34.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.03% cyan, 61.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 260.28°, with 77.54% saturation and 63.33% 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 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 5.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1849

Complementary

  1. #8a59ea
  2. #b9ea59

Split complementary

  1. #8a59ea
  2. #ead359
  3. #70ea59

Analogous

  1. #5970ea
  2. #8a59ea
  3. #d359ea

Triadic

  1. #8a59ea
  2. #ea8a59
  3. #59ea8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a59ea
  2. #ea59b9
  3. #b9ea59
  4. #59ea8a

Square

  1. #8a59ea
  2. #ea5970
  3. #b9ea59
  4. #59ead3

Monochromatic

  1. #401397
  2. #5c1cdb
  3. #8a59ea
  4. #ba9df3
  5. #eae1fb

Shades

#8a59ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a59ea
  2. #7c50d3
  3. #6e47bb
  4. #613ea4
  5. #53358c
  6. #452d75
  7. #37245e
  8. #291b46
  9. #1c122f
  10. #0e0917
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a59ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a59ea
  2. #966aec
  3. #a17aee
  4. #ad8bf0
  5. #b99bf2
  6. #c5acf5
  7. #d0bdf7
  8. #dccdf9
  9. #e8defb
  10. #f3eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a59ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a59ea
  2. #895ddf
  3. #8861d5
  4. #8765ca
  5. #8669c0
  6. #856db5
  7. #8470aa
  8. #8374a0
  9. #827895
  10. #817c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f6cb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0078ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #717a99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #536ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #586be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7c6ebf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a59ea {
  color: #8a59ea;
}
Background
.bg-8a59ea {
  background-color: #8a59ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a59ea {
  border: 2px solid #8a59ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a59ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 89 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 78% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a59ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a59ea, #d359ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a59ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 89 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.00 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.92 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.93 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.95 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.82 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.21 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.47 #75a615 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a59ea  rgb(138, 89, 234)  hsl(260, 78%, 63%)  Medium Slate Blue
#b9ea59  rgb(185, 234, 89)  hsl(80, 78%, 63%)  Inchworm
#ea8a59  rgb(234, 138, 89)  hsl(20, 78%, 63%)  Raw Sienna
#59ea8a  rgb(89, 234, 138)  hsl(140, 78%, 63%)  Medium Spring Green