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#8A66F2

#8a66f2 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a66f2 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 40% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.98% cyan, 57.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 255.43°, with 84.34% saturation and 67.45% 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 5.26:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.77.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2132

Complementary

  1. #8a66f2
  2. #cef266

Split complementary

  1. #8a66f2
  2. #f2d066
  3. #88f266

Analogous

  1. #6688f2
  2. #8a66f2
  3. #d066f2

Triadic

  1. #8a66f2
  2. #f28a66
  3. #66f28a

Tetradic

  1. #8a66f2
  2. #f266ce
  3. #cef266
  4. #66f28a

Square

  1. #8a66f2
  2. #f26688
  3. #cef266
  4. #66f2d0

Monochromatic

  1. #380fb0
  2. #541fec
  3. #8a66f2
  4. #c0adf8
  5. #f1ecfd

Shades

#8a66f2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a66f2
  2. #7c5cda
  3. #6e52c2
  4. #6147a9
  5. #533d91
  6. #453379
  7. #372961
  8. #291f49
  9. #1c1430
  10. #0e0a18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a66f2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a66f2
  2. #9675f3
  3. #a185f5
  4. #ad94f6
  5. #b9a3f7
  6. #c5b3f9
  7. #d0c2fa
  8. #dcd1fb
  9. #e8e0fc
  10. #f3f0fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a66f2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a66f2
  2. #8969e7
  3. #886bdb
  4. #876ed0
  5. #8670c4
  6. #8573b9
  7. #8476ae
  8. #8378a2
  9. #827b97
  10. #817d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8476b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0082f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #107cef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6c85a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5978f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b74f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #797ac7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a66f2 {
  color: #8a66f2;
}
Background
.bg-8a66f2 {
  background-color: #8a66f2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a66f2 {
  border: 2px solid #8a66f2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a66f2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 102 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 84% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a66f2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a66f2, #d066f2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a66f2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 102 242 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.77 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.88 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.18 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.61 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.15 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.65 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 11.44 #75990d Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a66f2  rgb(138, 102, 242)  hsl(255, 84%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#cef266  rgb(206, 242, 102)  hsl(75, 84%, 67%)  Inchworm
#f28a66  rgb(242, 138, 102)  hsl(15, 84%, 67%)  Coral
#66f28a  rgb(102, 242, 138)  hsl(135, 84%, 67%)  Light Green