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#8A6CFD

#8a6cfd ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a6cfd 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 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.45% cyan, 57.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 252.41°, with 97.32% saturation and 70.78% 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 5.64:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.45.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2322

Complementary

  1. #8a6cfd
  2. #dffd6c

Split complementary

  1. #8a6cfd
  2. #fdd26c
  3. #96fd6c

Analogous

  1. #6c96fd
  2. #8a6cfd
  3. #d26cfd

Triadic

  1. #8a6cfd
  2. #fd8a6c
  3. #6cfd8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a6cfd
  2. #fd6cdf
  3. #dffd6c
  4. #6cfd8a

Square

  1. #8a6cfd
  2. #fd6c96
  3. #dffd6c
  4. #6cfdd2

Monochromatic

  1. #2d03cd
  2. #4e20fc
  3. #8a6cfd
  4. #c6b7fe
  5. #efebff

Shades

#8a6cfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a6cfd
  2. #7c61e4
  3. #6e56ca
  4. #614cb1
  5. #534198
  6. #45367f
  7. #372b65
  8. #29204c
  9. #1c1633
  10. #0e0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a6cfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a6cfd
  2. #967bfd
  3. #a189fd
  4. #ad98fe
  5. #b9a7fe
  6. #c5b6fe
  7. #d0c4fe
  8. #dcd3fe
  9. #e8e2ff
  10. #f3f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a6cfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a6cfd
  2. #896ef1
  3. #8870e4
  4. #8772d8
  5. #8674cb
  6. #8576bf
  7. #8478b2
  8. #837aa6
  9. #827c99
  10. #817e8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #877bc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0088ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0081fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #668daa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #597dff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5979fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7681d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a6cfd {
  color: #8a6cfd;
}
Background
.bg-8a6cfd {
  background-color: #8a6cfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a6cfd {
  border: 2px solid #8a6cfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a6cfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 108 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 97% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a6cfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a6cfd, #d26cfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a6cfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 108 253 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.45 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.58 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.78 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.47 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.64 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.83 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 11.99 #759302 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a6cfd  rgb(138, 108, 253)  hsl(252, 97%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue
#dffd6c  rgb(223, 253, 108)  hsl(72, 97%, 71%)  Electric Lime
#fd8a6c  rgb(253, 138, 108)  hsl(12, 97%, 71%)  Coral
#6cfd8a  rgb(108, 253, 138)  hsl(132, 97%, 71%)  Spring Green