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#8A73DD

#8a73dd ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a73dd 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 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.56% cyan, 47.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 253.02°, with 60.92% saturation and 65.88% 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 5.58:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 2.31.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2289

Complementary

  1. #8a73dd
  2. #c6dd73

Split complementary

  1. #8a73dd
  2. #ddbf73
  3. #91dd73

Analogous

  1. #7391dd
  2. #8a73dd
  3. #bf73dd

Triadic

  1. #8a73dd
  2. #dd8a73
  3. #73dd8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a73dd
  2. #dd73c6
  3. #c6dd73
  4. #73dd8a

Square

  1. #8a73dd
  2. #dd7391
  3. #c6dd73
  4. #73ddbf

Monochromatic

  1. #3c2493
  2. #5735ce
  3. #8a73dd
  4. #bdb1ec
  5. #f1eefb

Shades

#8a73dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a73dd
  2. #7c68c7
  3. #6e5cb1
  4. #61519b
  5. #534585
  6. #453a6f
  7. #372e58
  8. #292342
  9. #1c172c
  10. #0e0c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a73dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a73dd
  2. #9681e0
  3. #a18fe4
  4. #ad9de7
  5. #b9abeb
  6. #c5b9ee
  7. #d0c7f1
  8. #dcd5f5
  9. #e8e3f8
  10. #f3f1fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a73dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a73dd
  2. #8974d4
  3. #8876ca
  4. #8777c1
  5. #8678b8
  6. #857aaf
  7. #847ba5
  8. #837c9c
  9. #827d93
  10. #817f89
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #867daf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4b85e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4e81db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #75889d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a7edf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b7cdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7e80ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a73dd {
  color: #8a73dd;
}
Background
.bg-8a73dd {
  background-color: #8a73dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a73dd {
  border: 2px solid #8a73dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a73dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 115 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 61% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a73dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a73dd, #bf73dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a73dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 115 221 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 2.31 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.97 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.31 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.28 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.59 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.85 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.28 #758c22 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8a73dd  rgb(138, 115, 221)  hsl(253, 61%, 66%)  Medium Purple
#c6dd73  rgb(198, 221, 115)  hsl(73, 61%, 66%)  June Bud
#dd8a73  rgb(221, 138, 115)  hsl(13, 61%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#73dd8a  rgb(115, 221, 138)  hsl(133, 61%, 66%)  Pastel Green