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#8B60E7

#8b60e7 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8b60e7 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 37.65% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.83% cyan, 58.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 259.11°, with 73.77% saturation and 64.12% 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 4.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.97.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1962

Complementary

  1. #8b60e7
  2. #bce760

Split complementary

  1. #8b60e7
  2. #e7cf60
  3. #79e760

Analogous

  1. #6079e7
  2. #8b60e7
  3. #cf60e7

Triadic

  1. #8b60e7
  2. #e78b60
  3. #60e78b

Tetradic

  1. #8b60e7
  2. #e760bc
  3. #bce760
  4. #60e78b

Square

  1. #8b60e7
  2. #e76079
  3. #bce760
  4. #60e7cf

Monochromatic

  1. #401797
  2. #5c21da
  3. #8b60e7
  4. #bba2f1
  5. #ece5fb

Shades

#8b60e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8b60e7
  2. #7d56d0
  3. #6f4db9
  4. #6143a2
  5. #533a8b
  6. #463074
  7. #38265c
  8. #2a1d45
  9. #1c132e
  10. #0e0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8b60e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8b60e7
  2. #9770e9
  3. #a280ec
  4. #ae90ee
  5. #b9a0f1
  6. #c5b0f3
  7. #d1bff5
  8. #dccff8
  9. #e8dffa
  10. #f3effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8b60e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8b60e7
  2. #8a63dd
  3. #8966d2
  4. #886ac8
  5. #876dbe
  6. #8670b4
  7. #8473a9
  8. #83769f
  9. #827a95
  10. #817d8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8171b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007ceb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1e78e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #737d9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a72ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e6fe5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7d73be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8b60e7 {
  color: #8b60e7;
}
Background
.bg-8b60e7 {
  background-color: #8b60e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8b60e7 {
  border: 2px solid #8b60e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8b60e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 96 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 74% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8b60e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8b60e7, #cf60e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8b60e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 96 231 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.97 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.15 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.91 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.25 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.84 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.20 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 10.37 #749f18 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8b60e7  rgb(139, 96, 231)  hsl(259, 74%, 64%)  Medium Slate Blue
#bce760  rgb(188, 231, 96)  hsl(79, 74%, 64%)  Inchworm
#e78b60  rgb(231, 139, 96)  hsl(19, 74%, 64%)  Raw Sienna
#60e78b  rgb(96, 231, 139)  hsl(139, 74%, 64%)  Pastel Green