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#8A6FEF

#8a6fef ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a6fef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 43.53% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.26% cyan, 53.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 252.66°, with 80% saturation and 68.63% 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 5.6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.27.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.23

Complementary

  1. #8a6fef
  2. #d4ef6f

Split complementary

  1. #8a6fef
  2. #efca6f
  3. #94ef6f

Analogous

  1. #6f94ef
  2. #8a6fef
  3. #ca6fef

Triadic

  1. #8a6fef
  2. #ef8a6f
  3. #6fef8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a6fef
  2. #ef6fd4
  3. #d4ef6f
  4. #6fef8a

Square

  1. #8a6fef
  2. #ef6f94
  3. #d4ef6f
  4. #6fefca

Monochromatic

  1. #3514b1
  2. #522ae7
  3. #8a6fef
  4. #c2b4f7
  5. #f0edfd

Shades

#8a6fef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a6fef
  2. #7c64d7
  3. #6e59bf
  4. #614ea7
  5. #53438f
  6. #453878
  7. #372c60
  8. #292148
  9. #1c1630
  10. #0e0b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a6fef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a6fef
  2. #967df1
  3. #a18cf2
  4. #ad9af4
  5. #b9a9f5
  6. #c5b7f7
  7. #d0c5f9
  8. #dcd4fa
  9. #e8e2fc
  10. #f3f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a6fef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a6fef
  2. #8971e4
  3. #8872d9
  4. #8774ce
  5. #8676c3
  6. #8578b8
  7. #8479ac
  8. #837ba1
  9. #827d96
  10. #817e8b
  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 #867cb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3086f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3381ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6d8aa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #617ef2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #627aed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7a80c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a6fef {
  color: #8a6fef;
}
Background
.bg-8a6fef {
  background-color: #8a6fef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a6fef {
  border: 2px solid #8a6fef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a6fef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 111 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 80% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a6fef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a6fef, #ca6fef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a6fef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 111 239 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.27 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.87 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.49 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.85 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.78 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.83 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.89 #759010 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a6fef  rgb(138, 111, 239)  hsl(253, 80%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d4ef6f  rgb(212, 239, 111)  hsl(73, 80%, 69%)  June Bud
#ef8a6f  rgb(239, 138, 111)  hsl(13, 80%, 69%)  Dark Salmon
#6fef8a  rgb(111, 239, 138)  hsl(133, 80%, 69%)  Light Green