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#8A75FA

#8a75fa ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a75fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 45.88% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.8% cyan, 53.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 249.47°, with 93.01% saturation and 71.96% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.72.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2503

Complementary

  1. #8a75fa
  2. #e5fa75

Split complementary

  1. #8a75fa
  2. #facc75
  3. #a3fa75

Analogous

  1. #75a3fa
  2. #8a75fa
  3. #cc75fa

Triadic

  1. #8a75fa
  2. #fa8a75
  3. #75fa8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a75fa
  2. #fa75e5
  3. #e5fa75
  4. #75fa8a

Square

  1. #8a75fa
  2. #fa75a3
  3. #e5fa75
  4. #75facc

Monochromatic

  1. #2707cf
  2. #4b2bf7
  3. #8a75fa
  4. #c9bffd
  5. #eeebfe

Shades

#8a75fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a75fa
  2. #7c69e1
  3. #6e5ec8
  4. #6152af
  5. #534696
  6. #453b7d
  7. #372f64
  8. #29234b
  9. #1c1732
  10. #0e0c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a75fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a75fa
  2. #9683fb
  3. #a191fb
  4. #ad9efc
  5. #b9acfc
  6. #c5bafd
  7. #d0c8fd
  8. #dcd6fe
  9. #e8e3fe
  10. #f3f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a75fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a75fa
  2. #8976ee
  3. #8877e2
  4. #8778d5
  5. #8679c9
  6. #857bbd
  7. #847cb1
  8. #837da5
  9. #827e98
  10. #817f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8981c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #308cff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2f85f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6792ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6184fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #617ff8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7687d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a75fa {
  color: #8a75fa;
}
Background
.bg-8a75fa {
  background-color: #8a75fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a75fa {
  border: 2px solid #8a75fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a75fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 117 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 93% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a75fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a75fa, #cc75fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a75fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 117 250 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.72 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.54 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.51 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 11.11 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.14 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.84 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.16 #758a05 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a75fa  rgb(138, 117, 250)  hsl(249, 93%, 72%)  Medium Slate Blue
#e5fa75  rgb(229, 250, 117)  hsl(69, 93%, 72%)  Pastel Yellow
#fa8a75  rgb(250, 138, 117)  hsl(9, 93%, 72%)  Salmon
#75fa8a  rgb(117, 250, 138)  hsl(129, 93%, 72%)  Mint Green