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#8B66EA

#8b66ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8b66ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.6% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 256.82°, with 75.86% saturation and 65.88% 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 5.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.11.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2093

Complementary

  1. #8b66ea
  2. #c5ea66

Split complementary

  1. #8b66ea
  2. #eacd66
  3. #83ea66

Analogous

  1. #6683ea
  2. #8b66ea
  3. #cd66ea

Triadic

  1. #8b66ea
  2. #ea8b66
  3. #66ea8b

Tetradic

  1. #8b66ea
  2. #ea66c5
  3. #c5ea66
  4. #66ea8b

Square

  1. #8b66ea
  2. #ea6683
  3. #c5ea66
  4. #66eacd

Monochromatic

  1. #3d16a1
  2. #5823e1
  3. #8b66ea
  4. #bea9f3
  5. #f1edfc

Shades

#8b66ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8b66ea
  2. #7d5cd3
  3. #6f52bb
  4. #6147a4
  5. #533d8c
  6. #463375
  7. #38295e
  8. #2a1f46
  9. #1c142f
  10. #0e0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8b66ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8b66ea
  2. #9775ec
  3. #a285ee
  4. #ae94f0
  5. #b9a3f2
  6. #c5b3f5
  7. #d1c2f7
  8. #dcd1f9
  9. #e8e0fb
  10. #f3f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8b66ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8b66ea
  2. #8a69df
  3. #896bd5
  4. #886eca
  5. #8770c0
  6. #8673b5
  7. #8476aa
  8. #8378a0
  9. #827b95
  10. #817d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8475b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1a80ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #287ce7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #72829e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d76ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6074e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7d78c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8b66ea {
  color: #8b66ea;
}
Background
.bg-8b66ea {
  background-color: #8b66ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8b66ea {
  border: 2px solid #8b66ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8b66ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8b66ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8b66ea, #cd66ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8b66ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.11 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.09 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.13 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.12 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.97 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.81 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 11.05 #749915 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8b66ea  rgb(139, 102, 234)  hsl(257, 76%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c5ea66  rgb(197, 234, 102)  hsl(77, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm
#ea8b66  rgb(234, 139, 102)  hsl(17, 76%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#66ea8b  rgb(102, 234, 139)  hsl(137, 76%, 66%)  Light Green