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#8D70EA

#8d70ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8d70ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.29% red, 43.92% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.74% cyan, 52.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 254.26°, with 74.39% saturation and 67.84% 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 5.64:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 2.89.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2319

Complementary

  1. #8d70ea
  2. #cdea70

Split complementary

  1. #8d70ea
  2. #eaca70
  3. #90ea70

Analogous

  1. #7090ea
  2. #8d70ea
  3. #ca70ea

Triadic

  1. #8d70ea
  2. #ea8d70
  3. #70ea8d

Tetradic

  1. #8d70ea
  2. #ea70cd
  3. #cdea70
  4. #70ea8d

Square

  1. #8d70ea
  2. #ea7090
  3. #cdea70
  4. #70eaca

Monochromatic

  1. #3b19a8
  2. #582de0
  3. #8d70ea
  4. #c2b3f4
  5. #f1edfc

Shades

#8d70ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8d70ea
  2. #7f65d3
  3. #715abb
  4. #634ea4
  5. #55438c
  6. #473875
  7. #382d5e
  8. #2a2246
  9. #1c162f
  10. #0e0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8d70ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8d70ea
  2. #987eec
  3. #a48dee
  4. #af9bf0
  5. #bba9f2
  6. #c6b8f5
  7. #d1c6f7
  8. #ddd4f9
  9. #e8e2fb
  10. #f4f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8d70ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8d70ea
  2. #8c72df
  3. #8a73d5
  4. #8975ca
  5. #8876c0
  6. #8778b5
  7. #857aaa
  8. #847ba0
  9. #837d95
  10. #817e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #887db6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3a86ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3f82e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7489a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #667eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #677be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7f80c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8d70ea {
  color: #8d70ea;
}
Background
.bg-8d70ea {
  background-color: #8d70ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8d70ea {
  border: 2px solid #8d70ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8d70ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 141 112 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 74% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8d70ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8d70ea, #ca70ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8d70ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(141 112 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 2.89 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.98 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.71 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.91 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.06 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.97 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 11.58 #728f15 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8d70ea  rgb(141, 112, 234)  hsl(254, 74%, 68%)  Medium Purple
#cdea70  rgb(205, 234, 112)  hsl(74, 74%, 68%)  June Bud
#ea8d70  rgb(234, 141, 112)  hsl(14, 74%, 68%)  Dark Salmon
#70ea8d  rgb(112, 234, 141)  hsl(134, 74%, 68%)  Light Green