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#8A5BF8

#8a5bf8 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a5bf8 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 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.35% cyan, 63.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 257.96°, with 91.81% saturation and 66.47% 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 4.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.33.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1966

Complementary

  1. #8a5bf8
  2. #c9f85b

Split complementary

  1. #8a5bf8
  2. #f8d85b
  3. #7bf85b

Analogous

  1. #5b7bf8
  2. #8a5bf8
  3. #d85bf8

Triadic

  1. #8a5bf8
  2. #f88a5b
  3. #5bf88a

Tetradic

  1. #8a5bf8
  2. #f85bc9
  3. #c9f85b
  4. #5bf88a

Square

  1. #8a5bf8
  2. #f85b7b
  3. #c9f85b
  4. #5bf8d8

Monochromatic

  1. #3b08b2
  2. #5612f5
  3. #8a5bf8
  4. #bea4fb
  5. #f1ebfe

Shades

#8a5bf8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a5bf8
  2. #7c52df
  3. #6e49c6
  4. #6140ae
  5. #533795
  6. #452e7c
  7. #372463
  8. #291b4a
  9. #1c1232
  10. #0e0919
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a5bf8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a5bf8
  2. #966bf9
  3. #a17cf9
  4. #ad8cfa
  5. #b99dfb
  6. #c5adfc
  7. #d0bdfc
  8. #dccefd
  9. #e8defe
  10. #f3effe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a5bf8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a5bf8
  2. #895fec
  3. #8862e0
  4. #8766d4
  5. #866ac8
  6. #856ebc
  7. #8471b0
  8. #8375a4
  9. #827998
  10. #817c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #816fba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007dfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0077f5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6a80a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4e71fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #516df6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7873ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a5bf8 {
  color: #8a5bf8;
}
Background
.bg-8a5bf8 {
  background-color: #8a5bf8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a5bf8 {
  border: 2px solid #8a5bf8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a5bf8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 91 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 92% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a5bf8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a5bf8, #d85bf8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a5bf8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 91 248 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.33 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.11 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.08 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.15 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.75 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.32 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 10.48 #75a407 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a5bf8  rgb(138, 91, 248)  hsl(258, 92%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c9f85b  rgb(201, 248, 91)  hsl(78, 92%, 66%)  Inchworm
#f88a5b  rgb(248, 138, 91)  hsl(18, 92%, 66%)  Coral
#5bf88a  rgb(91, 248, 138)  hsl(138, 92%, 66%)  Spring Green