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#8A77C8

#8a77c8 ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a77c8 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 46.67% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31% cyan, 40.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 254.07°, with 42.41% 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 5.55:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.41.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2277

Complementary

  1. #8a77c8
  2. #b5c877

Split complementary

  1. #8a77c8
  2. #c8b277
  3. #8dc877

Analogous

  1. #778dc8
  2. #8a77c8
  3. #b277c8

Triadic

  1. #8a77c8
  2. #c88a77
  3. #77c88a

Tetradic

  1. #8a77c8
  2. #c877b5
  3. #b5c877
  4. #77c88a

Square

  1. #8a77c8
  2. #c8778d
  3. #b5c877
  4. #77c8b2

Monochromatic

  1. #403076
  2. #5e46ad
  3. #8a77c8
  4. #b9adde
  5. #e8e4f4

Shades

#8a77c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a77c8
  2. #7c6bb4
  3. #6e5fa0
  4. #61538c
  5. #534778
  6. #453c64
  7. #373050
  8. #29243c
  9. #1c1828
  10. #0e0c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a77c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a77c8
  2. #9685ce
  3. #a192d3
  4. #ada0d9
  5. #b9adde
  6. #c5bbe4
  7. #d0c9e9
  8. #dcd6ef
  9. #e8e4f4
  10. #f3f1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a77c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a77c8
  2. #8978c1
  3. #8879ba
  4. #877ab2
  5. #867bab
  6. #857ca4
  7. #847c9d
  8. #837d96
  9. #827e8e
  10. #817f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #867ea3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5f84cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6182c6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7c8696 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #737fca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #747ec7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8280ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a77c8 {
  color: #8a77c8;
}
Background
.bg-8a77c8 {
  background-color: #8a77c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a77c8 {
  border: 2px solid #8a77c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a77c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 119 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 42% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a77c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a77c8, #b277c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a77c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 119 200 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.41 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 5.79 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.55 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.48 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.08 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.25 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.45 #758837 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8a77c8  rgb(138, 119, 200)  hsl(254, 42%, 63%)  Medium Purple
#b5c877  rgb(181, 200, 119)  hsl(74, 42%, 63%)  Olivine
#c88a77  rgb(200, 138, 119)  hsl(14, 42%, 63%)  Dark Salmon
#77c88a  rgb(119, 200, 138)  hsl(134, 42%, 63%)  Emerald