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#8A6BFD

#8a6bfd ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a6bfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 41.96% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.45% cyan, 57.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 252.74°, with 97.33% saturation and 70.59% 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 5.6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.36.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2301

Complementary

  1. #8a6bfd
  2. #defd6b

Split complementary

  1. #8a6bfd
  2. #fdd36b
  3. #95fd6b

Analogous

  1. #6b95fd
  2. #8a6bfd
  3. #d36bfd

Triadic

  1. #8a6bfd
  2. #fd8a6b
  3. #6bfd8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a6bfd
  2. #fd6bde
  3. #defd6b
  4. #6bfd8a

Square

  1. #8a6bfd
  2. #fd6b95
  3. #defd6b
  4. #6bfdd3

Monochromatic

  1. #2e03cc
  2. #4e20fc
  3. #8a6bfd
  4. #c6b6fe
  5. #efebff

Shades

#8a6bfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a6bfd
  2. #7c60e4
  3. #6e56ca
  4. #614bb1
  5. #534098
  6. #45367f
  7. #372b65
  8. #29204c
  9. #1c1533
  10. #0e0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a6bfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a6bfd
  2. #967afd
  3. #a189fd
  4. #ad97fe
  5. #b9a6fe
  6. #c5b5fe
  7. #d0c4fe
  8. #dcd3fe
  9. #e8e1ff
  10. #f3f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a6bfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a6bfd
  2. #896df1
  3. #886fe4
  4. #8771d8
  5. #8673cb
  6. #8576bf
  7. #8478b2
  8. #837aa6
  9. #827c99
  10. #817e8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #867bc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0087ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0080fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #668caa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #587dff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5978fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7680d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a6bfd {
  color: #8a6bfd;
}
Background
.bg-8a6bfd {
  background-color: #8a6bfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a6bfd {
  border: 2px solid #8a6bfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a6bfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 107 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 97% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a6bfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a6bfd, #d36bfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a6bfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 107 253 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.36 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.61 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.70 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.31 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.62 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 11.78 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.92 #759402 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a6bfd  rgb(138, 107, 253)  hsl(253, 97%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue
#defd6b  rgb(222, 253, 107)  hsl(73, 97%, 71%)  Electric Lime
#fd8a6b  rgb(253, 138, 107)  hsl(13, 97%, 71%)  Coral
#6bfd8a  rgb(107, 253, 138)  hsl(133, 97%, 71%)  Spring Green