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#8A74E4

#8a74e4 ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a74e4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 45.49% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.47% cyan, 49.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 251.79°, with 67.47% saturation and 67.45% 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 5.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 2.98.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.235

Complementary

  1. #8a74e4
  2. #cee474

Split complementary

  1. #8a74e4
  2. #e4c274
  3. #96e474

Analogous

  1. #7496e4
  2. #8a74e4
  3. #c274e4

Triadic

  1. #8a74e4
  2. #e48a74
  3. #74e48a

Tetradic

  1. #8a74e4
  2. #e474ce
  3. #cee474
  4. #74e48a

Square

  1. #8a74e4
  2. #e47496
  3. #cee474
  4. #74e4c2

Monochromatic

  1. #381fa0
  2. #5434d8
  3. #8a74e4
  4. #c0b4f0
  5. #f1eefc

Shades

#8a74e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a74e4
  2. #7c68cd
  3. #6e5db6
  4. #6151a0
  5. #534689
  6. #453a72
  7. #372e5b
  8. #292344
  9. #1c172e
  10. #0e0c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a74e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a74e4
  2. #9682e7
  3. #a190e9
  4. #ad9eec
  5. #b9acef
  6. #c5baf2
  7. #d0c7f4
  8. #dcd5f7
  9. #e8e3fa
  10. #f3f1fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a74e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a74e4
  2. #8975da
  3. #8876d0
  4. #8778c6
  5. #8679bc
  6. #857ab2
  7. #847ba8
  8. #837c9e
  9. #827e94
  10. #817f8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #877fb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4787e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4983e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #728ba1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6880e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #697de2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7c82c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a74e4 {
  color: #8a74e4;
}
Background
.bg-8a74e4 {
  background-color: #8a74e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a74e4 {
  border: 2px solid #8a74e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a74e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 116 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 67% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a74e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a74e4, #c274e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a74e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 116 228 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 2.98 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.60 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.13 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.86 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.22 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.30 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.34 #758b1b Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8a74e4  rgb(138, 116, 228)  hsl(252, 67%, 67%)  Medium Purple
#cee474  rgb(206, 228, 116)  hsl(72, 67%, 67%)  June Bud
#e48a74  rgb(228, 138, 116)  hsl(12, 67%, 67%)  Dark Salmon
#74e48a  rgb(116, 228, 138)  hsl(132, 67%, 67%)  Pastel Green