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#8A67E6

#8a67e6 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a67e6 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 40.39% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40% cyan, 55.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 256.54°, with 71.75% saturation and 65.29% 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 5.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.12.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2082

Complementary

  1. #8a67e6
  2. #c3e667

Split complementary

  1. #8a67e6
  2. #e6ca67
  3. #83e667

Analogous

  1. #6783e6
  2. #8a67e6
  3. #ca67e6

Triadic

  1. #8a67e6
  2. #e68a67
  3. #67e68a

Tetradic

  1. #8a67e6
  2. #e667c3
  3. #c3e667
  4. #67e68a

Square

  1. #8a67e6
  2. #e66783
  3. #c3e667
  4. #67e6ca

Monochromatic

  1. #3d199b
  2. #5725db
  3. #8a67e6
  4. #bda9f1
  5. #efeafc

Shades

#8a67e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a67e6
  2. #7c5dcf
  3. #6e52b8
  4. #6148a1
  5. #533e8a
  6. #453473
  7. #37295c
  8. #291f45
  9. #1c152e
  10. #0e0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a67e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a67e6
  2. #9676e9
  3. #a185eb
  4. #ad95ee
  5. #b9a4f0
  6. #c5b3f3
  7. #d0c2f5
  8. #dcd1f8
  9. #e8e1fa
  10. #f3f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a67e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a67e6
  2. #896adc
  3. #886cd2
  4. #876fc7
  5. #8671bd
  6. #8574b3
  7. #8476a9
  8. #83799f
  9. #827b94
  10. #817e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8375b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2680ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #307ce3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #72829d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f76e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6174e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7c78be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a67e6 {
  color: #8a67e6;
}
Background
.bg-8a67e6 {
  background-color: #8a67e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a67e6 {
  border: 2px solid #8a67e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a67e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 103 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 72% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a67e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a67e6, #ca67e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a67e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 103 230 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.12 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.70 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.81 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.87 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.93 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.86 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 11.02 #759819 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a67e6  rgb(138, 103, 230)  hsl(257, 72%, 65%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c3e667  rgb(195, 230, 103)  hsl(77, 72%, 65%)  June Bud
#e68a67  rgb(230, 138, 103)  hsl(17, 72%, 65%)  Dark Salmon
#67e68a  rgb(103, 230, 138)  hsl(137, 72%, 65%)  Pastel Green