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#8A68CC

#8a68cc ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a68cc is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 40.78% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.35% cyan, 49.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 260.4°, with 49.5% saturation and 60.39% 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 Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 3.34.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1966

Complementary

  1. #8a68cc
  2. #aacc68

Split complementary

  1. #8a68cc
  2. #ccbc68
  3. #78cc68

Analogous

  1. #6878cc
  2. #8a68cc
  3. #bc68cc

Triadic

  1. #8a68cc
  2. #cc8a68
  3. #68cc8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a68cc
  2. #cc68aa
  3. #aacc68
  4. #68cc8a

Square

  1. #8a68cc
  2. #cc6878
  3. #aacc68
  4. #68ccbc

Monochromatic

  1. #412774
  2. #613aad
  3. #8a68cc
  4. #b6a1df
  5. #e3daf3

Shades

#8a68cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a68cc
  2. #7c5eb8
  3. #6e53a3
  4. #61498f
  5. #533e7a
  6. #453466
  7. #372a52
  8. #291f3d
  9. #1c1529
  10. #0e0a14
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a68cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a68cc
  2. #9677d1
  3. #a186d6
  4. #ad95db
  5. #b9a4e0
  6. #c5b4e6
  7. #d0c3eb
  8. #dcd2f0
  9. #e8e1f5
  10. #f3f0fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a68cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a68cc
  2. #896ac4
  3. #886dbd
  4. #876fb5
  5. #8672ae
  6. #8574a6
  7. #84769e
  8. #837997
  9. #827b8f
  10. #817e88
  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 #8174a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #467bd0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4d7aca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7c7b90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6874ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b73cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8274ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a68cc {
  color: #8a68cc;
}
Background
.bg-8a68cc {
  background-color: #8a68cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a68cc {
  border: 2px solid #8a68cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a68cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 104 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 50% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a68cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a68cc, #bc68cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a68cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 104 204 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 3.34 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.56 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.38 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.66 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.37 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 9.24 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.00 #759733 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Amethyst
#8a68cc  rgb(138, 104, 204)  hsl(260, 50%, 60%)  Amethyst
#aacc68  rgb(170, 204, 104)  hsl(80, 50%, 60%)  Pistachio
#cc8a68  rgb(204, 138, 104)  hsl(20, 50%, 60%)  Raw Sienna
#68cc8a  rgb(104, 204, 138)  hsl(140, 50%, 60%)  Emerald