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#8A66FA

#8a66fa ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a66fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.8% cyan, 59.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 254.59°, with 93.67% saturation and 69.02% 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 5.36:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.05.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2181

Complementary

  1. #8a66fa
  2. #d6fa66

Split complementary

  1. #8a66fa
  2. #fad466
  3. #8cfa66

Analogous

  1. #668cfa
  2. #8a66fa
  3. #d466fa

Triadic

  1. #8a66fa
  2. #fa8a66
  3. #66fa8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a66fa
  2. #fa66d6
  3. #d6fa66
  4. #66fa8a

Square

  1. #8a66fa
  2. #fa668c
  3. #d6fa66
  4. #66fad4

Monochromatic

  1. #3406c1
  2. #511cf8
  3. #8a66fa
  4. #c3b0fc
  5. #f0ebfe

Shades

#8a66fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a66fa
  2. #7c5ce1
  3. #6e52c8
  4. #6147af
  5. #533d96
  6. #45337d
  7. #372964
  8. #291f4b
  9. #1c1432
  10. #0e0a19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a66fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a66fa
  2. #9675fb
  3. #a185fb
  4. #ad94fc
  5. #b9a3fc
  6. #c5b3fd
  7. #d0c2fd
  8. #dcd1fe
  9. #e8e0fe
  10. #f3f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a66fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a66fa
  2. #8969ee
  3. #886be2
  4. #876ed5
  5. #8670c9
  6. #8573bd
  7. #8476b1
  8. #8378a5
  9. #827b98
  10. #817d8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8477be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0083ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007df7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6888a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5579fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5775f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #777ccd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a66fa {
  color: #8a66fa;
}
Background
.bg-8a66fa {
  background-color: #8a66fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a66fa {
  border: 2px solid #8a66fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a66fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 102 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 94% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a66fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a66fa, #d466fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a66fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 102 250 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.05 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.65 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.10 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.33 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.58 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.61 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 11.94 #759905 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a66fa  rgb(138, 102, 250)  hsl(255, 94%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d6fa66  rgb(214, 250, 102)  hsl(75, 94%, 69%)  Electric Lime
#fa8a66  rgb(250, 138, 102)  hsl(15, 94%, 69%)  Coral
#66fa8a  rgb(102, 250, 138)  hsl(135, 94%, 69%)  Spring Green