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#8A67BD

#8a67bd ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a67bd is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 40.39% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.98% cyan, 45.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 264.42°, with 39.45% saturation and 57.25% 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 4.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 3.7.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1878

Complementary

  1. #8a67bd
  2. #9abd67

Split complementary

  1. #8a67bd
  2. #bdb567
  3. #6fbd67

Analogous

  1. #676fbd
  2. #8a67bd
  3. #b567bd

Triadic

  1. #8a67bd
  2. #bd8a67
  3. #67bd8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a67bd
  2. #bd679a
  3. #9abd67
  4. #67bd8a

Square

  1. #8a67bd
  2. #bd676f
  3. #9abd67
  4. #67bdb5

Monochromatic

  1. #402a61
  2. #644196
  3. #8a67bd
  4. #b39cd4
  5. #dcd2eb

Shades

#8a67bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a67bd
  2. #7c5daa
  3. #6e5297
  4. #614884
  5. #533e71
  6. #45345f
  7. #37294c
  8. #291f39
  9. #1c1526
  10. #0e0a13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a67bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a67bd
  2. #9676c4
  3. #a185ca
  4. #ad95d1
  5. #b9a4d7
  6. #c5b3de
  7. #d0c2e5
  8. #dcd1eb
  9. #e8e1f2
  10. #f3f0f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a67bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a67bd
  2. #896ab7
  3. #886cb1
  4. #876fab
  5. #8671a5
  6. #85749f
  7. #847698
  8. #837992
  9. #827b8c
  10. #817e86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #807298 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4f78c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5678bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #817689 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b71bf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f71bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8470a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a67bd {
  color: #8a67bd;
}
Background
.bg-8a67bd {
  background-color: #8a67bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a67bd {
  border: 2px solid #8a67bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a67bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 103 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 39% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a67bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a67bd, #b567bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a67bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 103 189 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 3.70 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.70 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.94 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 7.87 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.45 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.67 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.02 #759842 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#8a67bd  rgb(138, 103, 189)  hsl(264, 39%, 57%)  Amethyst
#9abd67  rgb(154, 189, 103)  hsl(84, 39%, 57%)  Olivine
#bd8a67  rgb(189, 138, 103)  hsl(24, 39%, 57%)  Raw Sienna
#67bd8a  rgb(103, 189, 138)  hsl(144, 39%, 57%)  Mint