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#8A78DC

#8a78dc ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a78dc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 47.06% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.27% cyan, 45.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 250.8°, with 58.82% saturation and 66.67% 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 5.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 3.37.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.24

Complementary

  1. #8a78dc
  2. #cadc78

Split complementary

  1. #8a78dc
  2. #dcbc78
  3. #98dc78

Analogous

  1. #7898dc
  2. #8a78dc
  3. #bc78dc

Triadic

  1. #8a78dc
  2. #dc8a78
  3. #78dc8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a78dc
  2. #dc78ca
  3. #cadc78
  4. #78dc8a

Square

  1. #8a78dc
  2. #dc7898
  3. #cadc78
  4. #78dcbc

Monochromatic

  1. #3a2795
  2. #553bcc
  3. #8a78dc
  4. #bfb5ec
  5. #f1effb

Shades

#8a78dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a78dc
  2. #7c6cc6
  3. #6e60b0
  4. #61549a
  5. #534884
  6. #453c6e
  7. #373058
  8. #292442
  9. #1c182c
  10. #0e0c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a78dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a78dc
  2. #9686e0
  3. #a193e3
  4. #ada1e7
  5. #b9aeea
  6. #c5bcee
  7. #d0c9f1
  8. #dcd7f5
  9. #e8e4f8
  10. #f3f2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a78dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a78dc
  2. #8979d3
  3. #887aca
  4. #877ac0
  5. #867bb7
  6. #857cae
  7. #847da5
  8. #837e9c
  9. #827e92
  10. #817f89
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8881af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5588e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5584da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #758c9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e82de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e7fdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7e84bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a78dc {
  color: #8a78dc;
}
Background
.bg-8a78dc {
  background-color: #8a78dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a78dc {
  border: 2px solid #8a78dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a78dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 120 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 59% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a78dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a78dc, #bc78dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a78dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 120 220 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.37 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.10 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.40 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.97 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.39 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.90 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.90 #758723 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8a78dc  rgb(138, 120, 220)  hsl(251, 59%, 67%)  Medium Purple
#cadc78  rgb(202, 220, 120)  hsl(71, 59%, 67%)  June Bud
#dc8a78  rgb(220, 138, 120)  hsl(11, 59%, 67%)  Dark Salmon
#78dc8a  rgb(120, 220, 138)  hsl(131, 59%, 67%)  Pastel Green