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#8D7AFA

#8d7afa ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8d7afa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.29% red, 47.84% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.6% cyan, 51.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 248.91°, with 92.75% saturation and 72.94% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.3:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 5.93.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2648

Complementary

  1. #8d7afa
  2. #e7fa7a

Split complementary

  1. #8d7afa
  2. #facd7a
  3. #a7fa7a

Analogous

  1. #7aa7fa
  2. #8d7afa
  3. #cd7afa

Triadic

  1. #8d7afa
  2. #fa8d7a
  3. #7afa8d

Tetradic

  1. #8d7afa
  2. #fa7ae7
  3. #e7fa7a
  4. #7afa8d

Square

  1. #8d7afa
  2. #fa7aa7
  3. #e7fa7a
  4. #7afacd

Monochromatic

  1. #2608d3
  2. #4e30f7
  3. #8d7afa
  4. #ccc4fd
  5. #eeebfe

Shades

#8d7afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8d7afa
  2. #7f6ee1
  3. #7162c8
  4. #6355af
  5. #554996
  6. #473d7d
  7. #383164
  8. #2a254b
  9. #1c1832
  10. #0e0c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8d7afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8d7afa
  2. #9887fb
  3. #a495fb
  4. #afa2fc
  5. #bbaffc
  6. #c6bdfd
  7. #d1cafd
  8. #ddd7fe
  9. #e8e4fe
  10. #f4f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8d7afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8d7afa
  2. #8c7bee
  3. #8a7be2
  4. #897cd5
  5. #887cc9
  6. #877dbd
  7. #857eb1
  8. #847ea5
  9. #837f98
  10. #817f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d86c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3f90fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3d89f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6c95af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6788fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6783f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7a8bd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8d7afa {
  color: #8d7afa;
}
Background
.bg-8d7afa {
  background-color: #8d7afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8d7afa {
  border: 2px solid #8d7afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8d7afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 141 122 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 93% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8d7afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8d7afa, #cd7afa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8d7afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(141 122 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.93 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.06 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.08 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.62 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.04 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 12.04 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 12.05 #728505 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8d7afa  rgb(141, 122, 250)  hsl(249, 93%, 73%)  Medium Purple
#e7fa7a  rgb(231, 250, 122)  hsl(69, 93%, 73%)  Pastel Yellow
#fa8d7a  rgb(250, 141, 122)  hsl(9, 93%, 73%)  Salmon
#7afa8d  rgb(122, 250, 141)  hsl(129, 93%, 73%)  Mint Green