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#8A70E2

#8a70e2 ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a70e2 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 43.92% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.94% cyan, 50.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 253.68°, with 66.28% saturation and 66.27% 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 5.5:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 2.41.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2248

Complementary

  1. #8a70e2
  2. #c8e270

Split complementary

  1. #8a70e2
  2. #e2c370
  3. #8fe270

Analogous

  1. #708fe2
  2. #8a70e2
  3. #c370e2

Triadic

  1. #8a70e2
  2. #e28a70
  3. #70e28a

Tetradic

  1. #8a70e2
  2. #e270c8
  3. #c8e270
  4. #70e28a

Square

  1. #8a70e2
  2. #e2708f
  3. #c8e270
  4. #70e2c3

Monochromatic

  1. #3b1f9a
  2. #5630d5
  3. #8a70e2
  4. #beb0ef
  5. #f1eefc

Shades

#8a70e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a70e2
  2. #7c65cb
  3. #6e5ab5
  4. #614e9e
  5. #534388
  6. #453871
  7. #372d5a
  8. #292244
  9. #1c162d
  10. #0e0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a70e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a70e2
  2. #967ee5
  3. #a18de8
  4. #ad9beb
  5. #b9a9ee
  6. #c5b8f1
  7. #d0c6f3
  8. #dcd4f6
  9. #e8e2f9
  10. #f3f1fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a70e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a70e2
  2. #8972d8
  3. #8873ce
  4. #8775c5
  5. #8676bb
  6. #8578b1
  7. #847aa7
  8. #837b9d
  9. #827d94
  10. #817e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #867bb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4184e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4580df ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73879f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #667de4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #687ae0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7d7fbd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a70e2 {
  color: #8a70e2;
}
Background
.bg-8a70e2 {
  background-color: #8a70e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a70e2 {
  border: 2px solid #8a70e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a70e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 112 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 66% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a70e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a70e2, #c370e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a70e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 112 226 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 2.41 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.00 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.22 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.33 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.03 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.17 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 11.37 #758f1d Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8a70e2  rgb(138, 112, 226)  hsl(254, 66%, 66%)  Medium Purple
#c8e270  rgb(200, 226, 112)  hsl(74, 66%, 66%)  June Bud
#e28a70  rgb(226, 138, 112)  hsl(14, 66%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#70e28a  rgb(112, 226, 138)  hsl(134, 66%, 66%)  Pastel Green