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#8B59FB

#8b59fb ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8b59fb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.62% cyan, 64.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 258.52°, with 95.29% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.81.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.196

Complementary

  1. #8b59fb
  2. #c9fb59

Split complementary

  1. #8b59fb
  2. #fbdc59
  3. #78fb59

Analogous

  1. #5978fb
  2. #8b59fb
  3. #dc59fb

Triadic

  1. #8b59fb
  2. #fb8b59
  3. #59fb8b

Tetradic

  1. #8b59fb
  2. #fb59c9
  3. #c9fb59
  4. #59fb8b

Square

  1. #8b59fb
  2. #fb5978
  3. #c9fb59
  4. #59fbdc

Monochromatic

  1. #3b04b7
  2. #570ef9
  3. #8b59fb
  4. #bfa4fd
  5. #f1ebff

Shades

#8b59fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8b59fb
  2. #7d50e2
  3. #6f47c9
  4. #613eb0
  5. #533597
  6. #462d7e
  7. #382464
  8. #2a1b4b
  9. #1c1232
  10. #0e0919
  11. #000000

Tints

#8b59fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8b59fb
  2. #976afb
  3. #a27afc
  4. #ae8bfc
  5. #b99bfd
  6. #c5acfd
  7. #d1bdfd
  8. #dccdfe
  9. #e8defe
  10. #f3eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8b59fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8b59fb
  2. #8a5def
  3. #8961e2
  4. #8865d6
  5. #8769ca
  6. #866dbe
  7. #8470b1
  8. #8374a5
  9. #827899
  10. #817c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #816fbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007dff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0077f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6a80a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4c70fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #506cf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7972cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8b59fb {
  color: #8b59fb;
}
Background
.bg-8b59fb {
  background-color: #8b59fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8b59fb {
  border: 2px solid #8b59fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8b59fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 89 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 95% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8b59fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8b59fb, #dc59fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8b59fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 89 251 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.81 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.56 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.41 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.46 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.85 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.91 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.16 #74a604 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8b59fb  rgb(139, 89, 251)  hsl(259, 95%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c9fb59  rgb(201, 251, 89)  hsl(79, 95%, 67%)  Green Yellow
#fb8b59  rgb(251, 139, 89)  hsl(19, 95%, 67%)  Coral
#59fb8b  rgb(89, 251, 139)  hsl(139, 95%, 67%)  Spring Green