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#8D66EA

#8d66ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8d66ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.29% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.74% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 257.73°, 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 5.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.47.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2111

Complementary

  1. #8d66ea
  2. #c3ea66

Split complementary

  1. #8d66ea
  2. #eacf66
  3. #81ea66

Analogous

  1. #6681ea
  2. #8d66ea
  3. #cf66ea

Triadic

  1. #8d66ea
  2. #ea8d66
  3. #66ea8d

Tetradic

  1. #8d66ea
  2. #ea66c3
  3. #c3ea66
  4. #66ea8d

Square

  1. #8d66ea
  2. #ea6681
  3. #c3ea66
  4. #66eacf

Monochromatic

  1. #3f16a1
  2. #5b23e1
  3. #8d66ea
  4. #bfa9f3
  5. #f1edfc

Shades

#8d66ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8d66ea
  2. #7f5cd3
  3. #7152bb
  4. #6347a4
  5. #553d8c
  6. #473375
  7. #38295e
  8. #2a1f46
  9. #1c142f
  10. #0e0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8d66ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8d66ea
  2. #9875ec
  3. #a485ee
  4. #af94f0
  5. #bba3f2
  6. #c6b3f5
  7. #d1c2f7
  8. #ddd1f9
  9. #e8e0fb
  10. #f4f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8d66ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8d66ea
  2. #8c69df
  3. #8a6bd5
  4. #896eca
  5. #8870c0
  6. #8773b5
  7. #8576aa
  8. #8478a0
  9. #837b95
  10. #817d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8576b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1c80ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2b7ce7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #75829e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f77ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6274e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7f78c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8d66ea {
  color: #8d66ea;
}
Background
.bg-8d66ea {
  background-color: #8d66ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8d66ea {
  border: 2px solid #8d66ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8d66ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 141 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8d66ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8d66ea, #cf66ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8d66ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(141 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.47 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.92 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.90 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.41 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.26 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.47 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.12 #729915 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8d66ea  rgb(141, 102, 234)  hsl(258, 76%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c3ea66  rgb(195, 234, 102)  hsl(78, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm
#ea8d66  rgb(234, 141, 102)  hsl(18, 76%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#66ea8d  rgb(102, 234, 141)  hsl(138, 76%, 66%)  Light Green