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#8A7CD7

#8a7cd7 ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a7cd7 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 48.63% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.81% cyan, 42.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 249.23°, with 53.22% saturation and 66.47% 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 5.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.54.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2472

Complementary

  1. #8a7cd7
  2. #c9d77c

Split complementary

  1. #8a7cd7
  2. #d7b77c
  3. #9bd77c

Analogous

  1. #7c9bd7
  2. #8a7cd7
  3. #b77cd7

Triadic

  1. #8a7cd7
  2. #d78a7c
  3. #7cd78a

Tetradic

  1. #8a7cd7
  2. #d77cc9
  3. #c9d77c
  4. #7cd78a

Square

  1. #8a7cd7
  2. #d77c9b
  3. #c9d77c
  4. #7cd7b7

Monochromatic

  1. #3b2c8e
  2. #5641c5
  3. #8a7cd7
  4. #beb7e9
  5. #f1effa

Shades

#8a7cd7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a7cd7
  2. #7c70c2
  3. #6e63ac
  4. #615797
  5. #534a81
  6. #453e6c
  7. #373256
  8. #292541
  9. #1c192b
  10. #0e0c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a7cd7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a7cd7
  2. #9689db
  3. #a196df
  4. #ada3e3
  5. #b9b0e7
  6. #c5beeb
  7. #d0cbef
  8. #dcd8f3
  9. #e8e5f7
  10. #f3f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a7cd7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a7cd7
  2. #897cce
  3. #887dc6
  4. #877dbd
  5. #867eb4
  6. #857eac
  7. #847ea3
  8. #837f9a
  9. #827f91
  10. #818089
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8984ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5e8ada ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e86d5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #768d9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7285d9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7282d6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7f87b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a7cd7 {
  color: #8a7cd7;
}
Background
.bg-8a7cd7 {
  background-color: #8a7cd7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a7cd7 {
  border: 2px solid #8a7cd7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a7cd7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 124 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 53% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a7cd7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a7cd7, #b77cd7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a7cd7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 124 215 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.54 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.54 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.25 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.29 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.33 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.73 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.73 #758328 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8a7cd7  rgb(138, 124, 215)  hsl(249, 53%, 66%)  Medium Purple
#c9d77c  rgb(201, 215, 124)  hsl(69, 53%, 66%)  June Bud
#d78a7c  rgb(215, 138, 124)  hsl(9, 53%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#7cd78a  rgb(124, 215, 138)  hsl(129, 53%, 66%)  Pastel Green