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#8A5BEF

#8a5bef ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a5bef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 35.69% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.26% cyan, 61.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 259.05°, with 82.22% saturation and 64.71% 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 4.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.41.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1912

Complementary

  1. #8a5bef
  2. #c0ef5b

Split complementary

  1. #8a5bef
  2. #efd45b
  3. #76ef5b

Analogous

  1. #5b76ef
  2. #8a5bef
  3. #d45bef

Triadic

  1. #8a5bef
  2. #ef8a5b
  3. #5bef8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a5bef
  2. #ef5bc0
  3. #c0ef5b
  4. #5bef8a

Square

  1. #8a5bef
  2. #ef5b76
  3. #c0ef5b
  4. #5befd4

Monochromatic

  1. #3e10a1
  2. #5917e7
  3. #8a5bef
  4. #bca1f6
  5. #ede6fd

Shades

#8a5bef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a5bef
  2. #7c52d7
  3. #6e49bf
  4. #6140a7
  5. #53378f
  6. #452e78
  7. #372460
  8. #291b48
  9. #1c1230
  10. #0e0918
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a5bef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a5bef
  2. #966bf1
  3. #a17cf2
  4. #ad8cf4
  5. #b99df5
  6. #c5adf7
  7. #d0bdf9
  8. #dccefa
  9. #e8defc
  10. #f3effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a5bef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a5bef
  2. #895fe4
  3. #8862d9
  4. #8766ce
  5. #866ac3
  6. #856eb8
  7. #8471ac
  8. #8375a1
  9. #827996
  10. #817c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #806eb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007bf4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6e7d9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #526ff2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #566ced ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7a71c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a5bef {
  color: #8a5bef;
}
Background
.bg-8a5bef {
  background-color: #8a5bef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a5bef {
  border: 2px solid #8a5bef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a5bef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 91 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 82% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a5bef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a5bef, #d45bef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a5bef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 91 239 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.41 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.66 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.21 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.37 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.25 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.96 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.97 #75a410 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a5bef  rgb(138, 91, 239)  hsl(259, 82%, 65%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c0ef5b  rgb(192, 239, 91)  hsl(79, 82%, 65%)  Inchworm
#ef8a5b  rgb(239, 138, 91)  hsl(19, 82%, 65%)  Coral
#5bef8a  rgb(91, 239, 138)  hsl(139, 82%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green