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#8A5AFA

#8a5afa ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a5afa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 35.29% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.8% cyan, 64% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 258°, with 94.12% saturation and 66.67% 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 4.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.53.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1962

Complementary

  1. #8a5afa
  2. #cafa5a

Split complementary

  1. #8a5afa
  2. #fada5a
  3. #7afa5a

Analogous

  1. #5a7afa
  2. #8a5afa
  3. #da5afa

Triadic

  1. #8a5afa
  2. #fa8a5a
  3. #5afa8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a5afa
  2. #fa5aca
  3. #cafa5a
  4. #5afa8a

Square

  1. #8a5afa
  2. #fa5a7a
  3. #cafa5a
  4. #5afada

Monochromatic

  1. #3a05b6
  2. #5510f8
  3. #8a5afa
  4. #bfa4fc
  5. #f1ebfe

Shades

#8a5afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a5afa
  2. #7c51e1
  3. #6e48c8
  4. #613faf
  5. #533696
  6. #452d7d
  7. #372464
  8. #291b4b
  9. #1c1232
  10. #0e0919
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a5afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a5afa
  2. #966bfb
  3. #a17bfb
  4. #ad8cfc
  5. #b99cfc
  6. #c5adfd
  7. #d0bdfd
  8. #dccefe
  9. #e8defe
  10. #f3efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a5afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a5afa
  2. #895eee
  3. #8862e2
  4. #8765d5
  5. #8669c9
  6. #856dbd
  7. #8471b1
  8. #8375a5
  9. #827898
  10. #817c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #816fbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007dff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0077f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6980a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4c70fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #506df8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7773cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a5afa {
  color: #8a5afa;
}
Background
.bg-8a5afa {
  background-color: #8a5afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a5afa {
  border: 2px solid #8a5afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a5afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 90 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 94% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a5afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a5afa, #da5afa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a5afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 90 250 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.53 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.39 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.29 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.33 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.76 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.13 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 10.37 #75a505 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a5afa  rgb(138, 90, 250)  hsl(258, 94%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#cafa5a  rgb(202, 250, 90)  hsl(78, 94%, 67%)  Inchworm
#fa8a5a  rgb(250, 138, 90)  hsl(18, 94%, 67%)  Coral
#5afa8a  rgb(90, 250, 138)  hsl(138, 94%, 67%)  Spring Green