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#8A77EC

#8a77ec ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a77ec is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 46.67% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.53% cyan, 49.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 249.74°, with 75.48% saturation and 69.61% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.24.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2465

Complementary

  1. #8a77ec
  2. #d9ec77

Split complementary

  1. #8a77ec
  2. #ecc477
  3. #9fec77

Analogous

  1. #779fec
  2. #8a77ec
  3. #c477ec

Triadic

  1. #8a77ec
  2. #ec8a77
  3. #77ec8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a77ec
  2. #ec77d9
  3. #d9ec77
  4. #77ec8a

Square

  1. #8a77ec
  2. #ec779f
  3. #d9ec77
  4. #77ecc4

Monochromatic

  1. #3219b1
  2. #5034e3
  3. #8a77ec
  4. #c4baf5
  5. #f0edfc

Shades

#8a77ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a77ec
  2. #7c6bd4
  3. #6e5fbd
  4. #6153a5
  5. #53478e
  6. #453c76
  7. #37305e
  8. #292447
  9. #1c182f
  10. #0e0c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a77ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a77ec
  2. #9685ee
  3. #a192f0
  4. #ada0f2
  5. #b9adf4
  6. #c5bbf6
  7. #d0c9f7
  8. #dcd6f9
  9. #e8e4fb
  10. #f3f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a77ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a77ec
  2. #8978e1
  3. #8879d6
  4. #877acc
  5. #867bc1
  6. #857cb6
  7. #847cab
  8. #837da0
  9. #827e96
  10. #817f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8982b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #468bf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4685e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6e8fa6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6883ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6880ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7a86c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a77ec {
  color: #8a77ec;
}
Background
.bg-8a77ec {
  background-color: #8a77ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a77ec {
  border: 2px solid #8a77ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a77ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 119 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 75% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a77ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a77ec, #c477ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a77ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 119 236 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.24 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.97 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.47 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.21 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.24 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.36 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.41 #758813 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8a77ec  rgb(138, 119, 236)  hsl(250, 75%, 70%)  Medium Purple
#d9ec77  rgb(217, 236, 119)  hsl(70, 75%, 70%)  June Bud
#ec8a77  rgb(236, 138, 119)  hsl(10, 75%, 70%)  Salmon
#77ec8a  rgb(119, 236, 138)  hsl(130, 75%, 70%)  Light Green