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#8A6AEA

#8a6aea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a6aea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 41.57% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.03% cyan, 54.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 255°, with 75.29% saturation and 66.67% 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 5.33:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.87.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2165

Complementary

  1. #8a6aea
  2. #caea6a

Split complementary

  1. #8a6aea
  2. #eaca6a
  3. #8aea6a

Analogous

  1. #6a8aea
  2. #8a6aea
  3. #ca6aea

Triadic

  1. #8a6aea
  2. #ea8a6a
  3. #6aea8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a6aea
  2. #ea6aca
  3. #caea6a
  4. #6aea8a

Square

  1. #8a6aea
  2. #ea6a8a
  3. #caea6a
  4. #6aeaca

Monochromatic

  1. #3a17a4
  2. #5527e1
  3. #8a6aea
  4. #bfadf3
  5. #f1edfc

Shades

#8a6aea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a6aea
  2. #7c5fd3
  3. #6e55bb
  4. #614aa4
  5. #53408c
  6. #453575
  7. #372a5e
  8. #292046
  9. #1c152f
  10. #0e0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a6aea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a6aea
  2. #9679ec
  3. #a188ee
  4. #ad97f0
  5. #b9a6f2
  6. #c5b5f5
  7. #d0c3f7
  8. #dcd2f9
  9. #e8e1fb
  10. #f3f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a6aea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a6aea
  2. #896cdf
  3. #886ed5
  4. #8771ca
  5. #8673c0
  6. #8575b5
  7. #8477aa
  8. #8379a0
  9. #827c95
  10. #817e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8478b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2982ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #307ee7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7085a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f79ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6176e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b7bc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a6aea {
  color: #8a6aea;
}
Background
.bg-8a6aea {
  background-color: #8a6aea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a6aea {
  border: 2px solid #8a6aea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a6aea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 106 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 75% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a6aea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a6aea, #ca6aea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a6aea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 106 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.87 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.59 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.43 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.60 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.66 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.85 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.04 #759515 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a6aea  rgb(138, 106, 234)  hsl(255, 75%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#caea6a  rgb(202, 234, 106)  hsl(75, 75%, 67%)  June Bud
#ea8a6a  rgb(234, 138, 106)  hsl(15, 75%, 67%)  Dark Salmon
#6aea8a  rgb(106, 234, 138)  hsl(135, 75%, 67%)  Light Green