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#8A5FEC

#8a5fec ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a5fec is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 37.25% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.53% cyan, 59.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 258.3°, with 78.77% saturation and 64.9% 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 4.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.75.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1964

Complementary

  1. #8a5fec
  2. #c1ec5f

Split complementary

  1. #8a5fec
  2. #ecd15f
  3. #7aec5f

Analogous

  1. #5f7aec
  2. #8a5fec
  3. #d15fec

Triadic

  1. #8a5fec
  2. #ec8a5f
  3. #5fec8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a5fec
  2. #ec5fc1
  3. #c1ec5f
  4. #5fec8a

Square

  1. #8a5fec
  2. #ec5f7a
  3. #c1ec5f
  4. #5fecd1

Monochromatic

  1. #3e139f
  2. #581be3
  3. #8a5fec
  4. #bca3f4
  5. #eee8fc

Shades

#8a5fec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a5fec
  2. #7c56d4
  3. #6e4cbd
  4. #6143a5
  5. #53398e
  6. #453076
  7. #37265e
  8. #291d47
  9. #1c132f
  10. #0e0a18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a5fec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a5fec
  2. #966fee
  3. #a17ff0
  4. #ad8ff2
  5. #b99ff4
  6. #c5aff6
  7. #d0bff7
  8. #dccff9
  9. #e8dffb
  10. #f3effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a5fec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a5fec
  2. #8962e1
  3. #8866d6
  4. #8769cc
  5. #866cc1
  6. #8570b6
  7. #8473ab
  8. #8376a0
  9. #827996
  10. #817d8b
  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 #8171b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0278e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6f7e9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5672ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a6fea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b73c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a5fec {
  color: #8a5fec;
}
Background
.bg-8a5fec {
  background-color: #8a5fec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a5fec {
  border: 2px solid #8a5fec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a5fec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 95 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 79% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a5fec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a5fec, #d15fec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a5fec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 95 236 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.75 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.69 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.62 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.37 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.68 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 10.31 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.60 #75a013 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a5fec  rgb(138, 95, 236)  hsl(258, 79%, 65%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c1ec5f  rgb(193, 236, 95)  hsl(78, 79%, 65%)  Inchworm
#ec8a5f  rgb(236, 138, 95)  hsl(18, 79%, 65%)  Coral
#5fec8a  rgb(95, 236, 138)  hsl(138, 79%, 65%)  Light Green