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#8A6CEF

#8a6cef ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a6cef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 42.35% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.26% cyan, 54.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 253.74°, with 80.37% saturation and 68.04% 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 5.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.88.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2236

Complementary

  1. #8a6cef
  2. #d1ef6c

Split complementary

  1. #8a6cef
  2. #efcc6c
  3. #90ef6c

Analogous

  1. #6c90ef
  2. #8a6cef
  3. #cc6cef

Triadic

  1. #8a6cef
  2. #ef8a6c
  3. #6cef8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a6cef
  2. #ef6cd1
  3. #d1ef6c
  4. #6cef8a

Square

  1. #8a6cef
  2. #ef6c90
  3. #d1ef6c
  4. #6cefcc

Monochromatic

  1. #3713af
  2. #5327e7
  3. #8a6cef
  4. #c1b1f7
  5. #f0edfd

Shades

#8a6cef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a6cef
  2. #7c61d7
  3. #6e56bf
  4. #614ca7
  5. #53418f
  6. #453678
  7. #372b60
  8. #292048
  9. #1c1630
  10. #0e0b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a6cef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a6cef
  2. #967bf1
  3. #a189f2
  4. #ad98f4
  5. #b9a7f5
  6. #c5b6f7
  7. #d0c4f9
  8. #dcd3fa
  9. #e8e2fc
  10. #f3f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a6cef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a6cef
  2. #896ee4
  3. #8870d9
  4. #8772ce
  5. #8674c3
  6. #8576b8
  7. #8478ac
  8. #837aa1
  9. #827c96
  10. #817e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #857ab8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2685f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2c7fec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6d88a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f7bf2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6078ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7a7ec6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a6cef {
  color: #8a6cef;
}
Background
.bg-8a6cef {
  background-color: #8a6cef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a6cef {
  border: 2px solid #8a6cef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a6cef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 108 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 80% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a6cef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a6cef, #cc6cef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a6cef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 108 239 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.88 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.95 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.17 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.30 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.74 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.06 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 11.27 #759310 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a6cef  rgb(138, 108, 239)  hsl(254, 80%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d1ef6c  rgb(209, 239, 108)  hsl(74, 80%, 68%)  June Bud
#ef8a6c  rgb(239, 138, 108)  hsl(14, 80%, 68%)  Dark Salmon
#6cef8a  rgb(108, 239, 138)  hsl(134, 80%, 68%)  Light Green