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#8D70FA

#8d70fa ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8d70fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.29% red, 43.92% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.6% cyan, 55.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 252.61°, with 93.24% saturation and 70.98% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.83:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.13.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2415

Complementary

  1. #8d70fa
  2. #ddfa70

Split complementary

  1. #8d70fa
  2. #fad270
  3. #98fa70

Analogous

  1. #7098fa
  2. #8d70fa
  3. #d270fa

Triadic

  1. #8d70fa
  2. #fa8d70
  3. #70fa8d

Tetradic

  1. #8d70fa
  2. #fa70dd
  3. #ddfa70
  4. #70fa8d

Square

  1. #8d70fa
  2. #fa7098
  3. #ddfa70
  4. #70fad2

Monochromatic

  1. #3007ca
  2. #5226f7
  3. #8d70fa
  4. #c8bafd
  5. #efebfe

Shades

#8d70fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8d70fa
  2. #7f65e1
  3. #715ac8
  4. #634eaf
  5. #554396
  6. #47387d
  7. #382d64
  8. #2a224b
  9. #1c1632
  10. #0e0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8d70fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8d70fa
  2. #987efb
  3. #a48dfb
  4. #af9bfc
  5. #bba9fc
  6. #c6b8fd
  7. #d1c6fd
  8. #ddd4fe
  9. #e8e2fe
  10. #f4f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8d70fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8d70fa
  2. #8c72ee
  3. #8a73e2
  4. #8975d5
  5. #8876c9
  6. #8778bd
  7. #857ab1
  8. #847ba5
  9. #837d98
  10. #817e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #897ec0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #218aff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2684f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6c8eaa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6080fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #607cf8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b83cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8d70fa {
  color: #8d70fa;
}
Background
.bg-8d70fa {
  background-color: #8d70fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8d70fa {
  border: 2px solid #8d70fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8d70fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 141 112 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 93% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8d70fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8d70fa, #d270fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8d70fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(141 112 250 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.13 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.98 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.57 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.92 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.15 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 11.30 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.55 #728f05 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8d70fa  rgb(141, 112, 250)  hsl(253, 93%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue
#ddfa70  rgb(221, 250, 112)  hsl(73, 93%, 71%)  Inchworm
#fa8d70  rgb(250, 141, 112)  hsl(13, 93%, 71%)  Dark Salmon
#70fa8d  rgb(112, 250, 141)  hsl(133, 93%, 71%)  Mint Green