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#8A73CC

#8a73cc ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a73cc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 45.1% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.35% cyan, 43.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 255.51°, with 46.6% saturation and 62.55% 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 5.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 3.11.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2202

Complementary

  1. #8a73cc
  2. #b5cc73

Split complementary

  1. #8a73cc
  2. #ccb773
  3. #88cc73

Analogous

  1. #7388cc
  2. #8a73cc
  3. #b773cc

Triadic

  1. #8a73cc
  2. #cc8a73
  3. #73cc8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a73cc
  2. #cc73b5
  3. #b5cc73
  4. #73cc8a

Square

  1. #8a73cc
  2. #cc7388
  3. #b5cc73
  4. #73ccb7

Monochromatic

  1. #402c7a
  2. #5e41b2
  3. #8a73cc
  4. #b9abe0
  5. #e8e3f5

Shades

#8a73cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a73cc
  2. #7c68b8
  3. #6e5ca3
  4. #61518f
  5. #53457a
  6. #453a66
  7. #372e52
  8. #29233d
  9. #1c1729
  10. #0e0c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a73cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a73cc
  2. #9681d1
  3. #a18fd6
  4. #ad9ddb
  5. #b9abe0
  6. #c5b9e6
  7. #d0c7eb
  8. #dcd5f0
  9. #e8e3f5
  10. #f3f1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a73cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a73cc
  2. #8974c4
  3. #8876bd
  4. #8777b5
  5. #8678ae
  6. #857aa6
  7. #847b9e
  8. #837c97
  9. #827d8f
  10. #817f88
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #857ca4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5782cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5a80ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7b8396 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f7cce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #717bcb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #817dae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a73cc {
  color: #8a73cc;
}
Background
.bg-8a73cc {
  background-color: #8a73cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a73cc {
  border: 2px solid #8a73cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a73cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 115 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 47% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a73cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a73cc, #b773cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a73cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 115 204 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.11 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.39 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.68 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.19 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.18 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.01 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.47 #758c33 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8a73cc  rgb(138, 115, 204)  hsl(256, 47%, 63%)  Medium Purple
#b5cc73  rgb(181, 204, 115)  hsl(76, 47%, 63%)  June Bud
#cc8a73  rgb(204, 138, 115)  hsl(16, 47%, 63%)  Dark Salmon
#73cc8a  rgb(115, 204, 138)  hsl(136, 47%, 63%)  Emerald