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#8A6EDE

#8a6ede ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a6ede is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 43.14% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.84% cyan, 50.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 255°, with 62.92% saturation and 65.1% 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 5.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 2.1.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2183

Complementary

  1. #8a6ede
  2. #c2de6e

Split complementary

  1. #8a6ede
  2. #dec26e
  3. #8ade6e

Analogous

  1. #6e8ade
  2. #8a6ede
  3. #c26ede

Triadic

  1. #8a6ede
  2. #de8a6e
  3. #6ede8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a6ede
  2. #de6ec2
  3. #c2de6e
  4. #6ede8a

Square

  1. #8a6ede
  2. #de6e8a
  3. #c2de6e
  4. #6edec2

Monochromatic

  1. #3d2192
  2. #5830d0
  3. #8a6ede
  4. #bcacec
  5. #efebfa

Shades

#8a6ede mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a6ede
  2. #7c63c8
  3. #6e58b2
  4. #614d9b
  5. #534285
  6. #45376f
  7. #372c59
  8. #292143
  9. #1c162c
  10. #0e0b16
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a6ede mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a6ede
  2. #967de1
  3. #a18be5
  4. #ad9ae8
  5. #b9a8eb
  6. #c5b7ef
  7. #d0c5f2
  8. #dcd4f5
  9. #e8e2f8
  10. #f3f1fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a6ede mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a6ede
  2. #8970d5
  3. #8872cb
  4. #8773c2
  5. #8675b8
  6. #8577af
  7. #8479a6
  8. #837b9c
  9. #827c93
  10. #817e89
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #847aae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4182e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #467fdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #75859c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #667be0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6878dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7e7cba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a6ede {
  color: #8a6ede;
}
Background
.bg-8a6ede {
  background-color: #8a6ede;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a6ede {
  border: 2px solid #8a6ede;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a6ede;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 110 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 63% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a6ede {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a6ede, #c26ede);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a6ede {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 110 222 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 2.10 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.12 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.51 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.76 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.81 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.05 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 11.43 #759121 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8a6ede  rgb(138, 110, 222)  hsl(255, 63%, 65%)  Medium Purple
#c2de6e  rgb(194, 222, 110)  hsl(75, 63%, 65%)  June Bud
#de8a6e  rgb(222, 138, 110)  hsl(15, 63%, 65%)  Dark Salmon
#6ede8a  rgb(110, 222, 138)  hsl(135, 63%, 65%)  Pastel Green