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#8A78EA

#8a78ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a78ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 47.06% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.03% cyan, 48.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 249.47°, with 73.08% saturation and 69.41% 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 5.96:1 (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 luminance0.2478

Complementary

  1. #8a78ea
  2. #d8ea78

Split complementary

  1. #8a78ea
  2. #eac378
  3. #9fea78

Analogous

  1. #789fea
  2. #8a78ea
  3. #c378ea

Triadic

  1. #8a78ea
  2. #ea8a78
  3. #78ea8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a78ea
  2. #ea78d8
  3. #d8ea78
  4. #78ea8a

Square

  1. #8a78ea
  2. #ea789f
  3. #d8ea78
  4. #78eac3

Monochromatic

  1. #321bae
  2. #5136e0
  3. #8a78ea
  4. #c3baf4
  5. #f0edfc

Shades

#8a78ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a78ea
  2. #7c6cd3
  3. #6e60bb
  4. #6154a4
  5. #53488c
  6. #453c75
  7. #37305e
  8. #292446
  9. #1c182f
  10. #0e0c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a78ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a78ea
  2. #9686ec
  3. #a193ee
  4. #ada1f0
  5. #b9aef2
  6. #c5bcf5
  7. #d0c9f7
  8. #dcd7f9
  9. #e8e4fb
  10. #f3f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a78ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a78ea
  2. #8979df
  3. #887ad5
  4. #877aca
  5. #867bc0
  6. #857cb5
  7. #847daa
  8. #837ea0
  9. #827e95
  10. #817f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8982b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4a8bee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4986e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6f8fa6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6984ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6980e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7a87c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a78ea {
  color: #8a78ea;
}
Background
.bg-8a78ea {
  background-color: #8a78ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a78ea {
  border: 2px solid #8a78ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a78ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 120 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 73% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a78ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a78ea, #c378ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a78ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 120 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.24 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.26 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.50 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.09 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.97 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.28 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.28 #758715 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8a78ea  rgb(138, 120, 234)  hsl(249, 73%, 69%)  Medium Purple
#d8ea78  rgb(216, 234, 120)  hsl(69, 73%, 69%)  June Bud
#ea8a78  rgb(234, 138, 120)  hsl(9, 73%, 69%)  Salmon
#78ea8a  rgb(120, 234, 138)  hsl(129, 73%, 69%)  Light Green