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#8A6DFA

#8a6dfa ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a6dfa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 42.75% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.8% cyan, 56.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 252.34°, with 93.38% saturation and 70.39% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.65:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.35.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2324

Complementary

  1. #8a6dfa
  2. #ddfa6d

Split complementary

  1. #8a6dfa
  2. #fad06d
  3. #96fa6d

Analogous

  1. #6d96fa
  2. #8a6dfa
  3. #d06dfa

Triadic

  1. #8a6dfa
  2. #fa8a6d
  3. #6dfa8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a6dfa
  2. #fa6ddd
  3. #ddfa6d
  4. #6dfa8a

Square

  1. #8a6dfa
  2. #fa6d96
  3. #ddfa6d
  4. #6dfad0

Monochromatic

  1. #2e07c7
  2. #4f23f7
  3. #8a6dfa
  4. #c5b7fd
  5. #efebfe

Shades

#8a6dfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a6dfa
  2. #7c62e1
  3. #6e57c8
  4. #614caf
  5. #534196
  6. #45377d
  7. #372c64
  8. #29214b
  9. #1c1632
  10. #0e0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a6dfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a6dfa
  2. #967cfb
  3. #a18afb
  4. #ad99fc
  5. #b9a7fc
  6. #c5b6fd
  7. #d0c5fd
  8. #dcd3fe
  9. #e8e2fe
  10. #f3f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a6dfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a6dfa
  2. #896fee
  3. #8871e2
  4. #8773d5
  5. #8675c9
  6. #8577bd
  7. #8478b1
  8. #837aa5
  9. #827c98
  10. #817e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #877cbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0c87ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1481f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #678ca9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b7efd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c79f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7781cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a6dfa {
  color: #8a6dfa;
}
Background
.bg-8a6dfa {
  background-color: #8a6dfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a6dfa {
  border: 2px solid #8a6dfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a6dfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 109 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 93% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a6dfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a6dfa, #d06dfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a6dfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 109 250 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.35 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.20 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.52 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.36 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.66 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.57 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 12.02 #759205 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a6dfa  rgb(138, 109, 250)  hsl(252, 93%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue
#ddfa6d  rgb(221, 250, 109)  hsl(72, 93%, 70%)  Electric Lime
#fa8a6d  rgb(250, 138, 109)  hsl(12, 93%, 70%)  Dark Salmon
#6dfa8a  rgb(109, 250, 138)  hsl(132, 93%, 70%)  Spring Green