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#8B5BEB

#8b5beb ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8b5beb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 35.69% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.85% cyan, 61.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 260°, with 78.26% saturation and 63.92% 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 4.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.65.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1897

Complementary

  1. #8b5beb
  2. #bbeb5b

Split complementary

  1. #8b5beb
  2. #ebd35b
  3. #73eb5b

Analogous

  1. #5b73eb
  2. #8b5beb
  3. #d35beb

Triadic

  1. #8b5beb
  2. #eb8b5b
  3. #5beb8b

Tetradic

  1. #8b5beb
  2. #eb5bbb
  3. #bbeb5b
  4. #5beb8b

Square

  1. #8b5beb
  2. #eb5b73
  3. #bbeb5b
  4. #5bebd3

Monochromatic

  1. #40139a
  2. #5c1bde
  3. #8b5beb
  4. #bb9ff3
  5. #ebe3fc

Shades

#8b5beb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8b5beb
  2. #7d52d4
  3. #6f49bc
  4. #6140a5
  5. #53378d
  6. #462e76
  7. #38245e
  8. #2a1b47
  9. #1c122f
  10. #0e0918
  11. #000000

Tints

#8b5beb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8b5beb
  2. #976bed
  3. #a27cef
  4. #ae8cf1
  5. #b99df3
  6. #c5adf5
  7. #d1bdf7
  8. #dccef9
  9. #e8defb
  10. #f3effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8b5beb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8b5beb
  2. #8a5fe0
  3. #8962d6
  4. #8866cb
  5. #876ac0
  6. #866eb6
  7. #8471ab
  8. #8375a0
  9. #827995
  10. #817c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #806eb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007af0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #727b9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #556fee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #596ce9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7d70c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8b5beb {
  color: #8b5beb;
}
Background
.bg-8b5beb {
  background-color: #8b5beb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8b5beb {
  border: 2px solid #8b5beb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8b5beb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 91 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 78% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8b5beb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8b5beb, #d35beb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8b5beb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 91 235 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.65 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.44 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.72 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.21 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.25 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.79 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.90 #74a414 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8b5beb  rgb(139, 91, 235)  hsl(260, 78%, 64%)  Medium Slate Blue
#bbeb5b  rgb(187, 235, 91)  hsl(80, 78%, 64%)  Inchworm
#eb8b5b  rgb(235, 139, 91)  hsl(20, 78%, 64%)  Raw Sienna
#5beb8b  rgb(91, 235, 139)  hsl(140, 78%, 64%)  Medium Spring Green