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#8B59EA

#8b59ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8b59ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 34.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.6% cyan, 61.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 260.69°, with 77.54% saturation and 63.33% 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 4.71:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 5.09.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1857

Complementary

  1. #8b59ea
  2. #b8ea59

Split complementary

  1. #8b59ea
  2. #ead359
  3. #6fea59

Analogous

  1. #596fea
  2. #8b59ea
  3. #d359ea

Triadic

  1. #8b59ea
  2. #ea8b59
  3. #59ea8b

Tetradic

  1. #8b59ea
  2. #ea59b8
  3. #b8ea59
  4. #59ea8b

Square

  1. #8b59ea
  2. #ea596f
  3. #b8ea59
  4. #59ead3

Monochromatic

  1. #411397
  2. #5e1cdb
  3. #8b59ea
  4. #ba9df3
  5. #eae1fb

Shades

#8b59ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8b59ea
  2. #7d50d3
  3. #6f47bb
  4. #613ea4
  5. #53358c
  6. #462d75
  7. #38245e
  8. #2a1b46
  9. #1c122f
  10. #0e0917
  11. #000000

Tints

#8b59ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8b59ea
  2. #976aec
  3. #a27aee
  4. #ae8bf0
  5. #b99bf2
  6. #c5acf5
  7. #d1bdf7
  8. #dccdf9
  9. #e8defb
  10. #f3eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8b59ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8b59ea
  2. #8a5ddf
  3. #8961d5
  4. #8865ca
  5. #8769c0
  6. #866db5
  7. #8470aa
  8. #8374a0
  9. #827895
  10. #817c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #806cb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0079ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #727a99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #546ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #596be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7d6ebf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8b59ea {
  color: #8b59ea;
}
Background
.bg-8b59ea {
  background-color: #8b59ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8b59ea {
  border: 2px solid #8b59ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8b59ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 89 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 78% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8b59ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8b59ea, #d359ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8b59ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 89 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.09 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.84 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.86 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.08 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.99 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.24 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.63 #74a615 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8b59ea  rgb(139, 89, 234)  hsl(261, 78%, 63%)  Medium Slate Blue
#b8ea59  rgb(184, 234, 89)  hsl(81, 78%, 63%)  Inchworm
#ea8b59  rgb(234, 139, 89)  hsl(21, 78%, 63%)  Raw Sienna
#59ea8b  rgb(89, 234, 139)  hsl(141, 78%, 63%)  Medium Spring Green